Process Type Selection in the Discourse of Op-ed Articles: The Effect of Gender and Political Ideology
Abstract
In this study, it is aimed to find out whether the process type
selection of the female and male columnists differ in conveying their mental
representations relating reality to the language system and whether political
ideology is a factor in this selection by analyzing op-ed articles, a type of
media discourse. In line with this
objective, the op-ed articles have been analyzed
in terms of transitivity system belonging to the experiential metafunction
which is the subcategory of ideational metafunction of language in Systemic Functional
Grammar and the effects of the columnist’s
gender and the political ideology adopted by the newspaper in the process
choice have been investigated. The findings of the study show that female
and male columnists have constructed the reality via different processes, and the female columnists have mostly used
mental, relational and behavioral process types, while male columnists have
frequently used the material process type. Additionally, it has been determined
that the political ideology of the newspaper has affected the selection of
process types by female and male columnists. Relating
to this, in secular and liberal ideology
female columnists, and in Islamic ideology male columnists
have more frequently used the relational processes.
Keywords
gender Systemic Functional Grammar transitivity discourse of op-ed articles Critical Discourse Analysis
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Abstract
Bu çalışmada bir medya söylem türü olan gazete
köşe yazıları incelenerek kadın ve erkek köşe yazarlarının gerçekliğe ilişkin
zihinsel temsillerini dil dizgesine aktarımında yaptıkları süreç seçimlerinin
bir farklılık gösterip göstermediğinin ve politik ideolojinin söz konusu
seçimde bir etmen olup olmadığının ortaya konması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç
doğrultusunda Dizgeci İşlevsel Dilbilgisi Kuramı temel alınarak, köşe yazıları
dilin üstişlevlerinden düşünsel üstişlevin bir alt ulamı olan yaşantısal
üstişlevin inceleme alanlarından biri olan geçişlilik dizgesi çerçevesinde
çözümlenmiş, yazar cinsiyetinin ve gazetenin benimsediği politik ideolojinin
süreç seçimindeki etkisi irdelenmiştir. Çalışmanın bulguları, kadın ve erkek
köşe yazarların gerçekliği farklı süreçler aracılığıyla kurguladığını, kadın
köşe yazarların, metinlerinde zihinsel, ilişkisel ve davranışsal süreç
türlerini, erkek köşe yazarların ise maddesel süreç türünü daha çok
yeğlediklerini göstermektedir. Ayrıca gazetenin politik ideolojisinin kadın ve erkek
köşe yazarların yaptıkları süreç seçimlerinde etkili olduğu saptanmıştır. Buna
göre Laik ve Liberal ideolojide kadın köşe yazarlar, İslami ideolojide ise
erkek köşe yazarlar ilişkisel süreçleri daha çok kullanmaktadır.
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- Bloor, T. Ve Bloor, M. (2007). The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis an Introduction. London: Hodder Education.
- Butler, J. (1999). Cinsiyet Belası: Feminizm ve Kimliğin Altüst Edilmesi. Çev. Başak Ertür. İstanbul Metis.
- Christie, C. (2000). Gender and language: Towards a Feminist Pragmatics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Eggins, S. (2004). An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. New York: Continuum.
- Ercan, G. S. (2003). Gazete Köşe Yazılarında Dil Kullanımı: Kaçınmalar ve Cinsiyet Değişkeni. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). İzmir.: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü.
- Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and Social Change. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers.
- Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing Discourse. New York: Routledge.
- Fisher, A. (2011). Addicted to Talk: Newspaper Representations of Female Speaking Subject. Working with English: Medieval and Modern Language, Literature and Drama, 7: 14-32.
- Gallardo C. B. (2006). Analysis of Literary Work Using Systemic-Functional Grammar. 33rd International Systemic Functional Congress,2006.
- Goddard, A. ve Patterson, L. M. (2000). Language and Gender. London: Routledge.
- Halliday, M. A. K. (1994). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.
- Halliday, M.A.K. ve Matthiessen, M.I.M. (2004). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Hart, C. (2014). Discourse, Grammar and Ideology. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Khan S. ve Rahman R. (2014). Power Relationships and Transitivity Choices in Graham Greenes’s Dream of Strange Land. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1: 35-44.
- Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and Woman’s Place. New York: Harper and Row.
- Litosseliti, L (2006). Gender and Language: Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge.
- Paltridge, B. (2006). Discourse Analysis An Introduction. London: Continuum. Talbot, M. (2007). Media Discourse Representation and Interaction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Talbot, M. (2010). Language and Gender. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- van Dijk, T. A. (1987). News Analysis: Case Studies in International and Tuitional News. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. van Dijk, T. A. (1988). News as Discourse. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. van Dijk, T. A. (1996). Opinions and Ideologies in Editorials. Paper for the 4th International Symposium of Critical Discouse Analysis, Language, Social Life and Critical Thought. Athens.
- van Dijk, T. A. (2008). Discourse and Context. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Research Articles |
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| Publication Date | May 31, 2019 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2019Volume: 30 Issue: 1 |
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