Article published In: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
Vol. 11:2 (2001) ► pp.287–303
“Is there only one China?”:
Analyzing the rhetoric of Chinese nationalism in a newspaper article
Published online: 6 March 2002
https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.11.2.10kuo
https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.11.2.10kuo
By means of the analytic method of critical linguistics, this study illustrates and discusses how Chinese nationalism manifests itself in the language of a newspaper text, what linguistic devices are employed for this purpose, and how the media production process in China shapes news texts. The study also analyzes how ideological positions can be reflected through lexical and grammatical choices.
