الفهرس 
coverOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 303 |  |  |
| | | from | 303 | | |
Abstract
The present thesis attempts to linguistically examine the expression of
attitudes and evaluations in written news discourse with reference to the
coverage of the Gaza War (December 2008 – January 2009) in three British
newspapers. The theoretical framework adopted is the Appraisal theory, an
analytical model for tackling attitudinal, evaluative and interpersonal
dimensions of language, developed within the paradigm of Halliday’s
systemic functional linguistics.
The thesis more specifically tries to find an evidence-supported
answer for the question whether or not the hard news report is always
objective, factual, non-attitudinal and non-evaluative. The thesis also
considers the socio-cultural status of the newspaper as one factor influencing
the objectivity of newspaper reporting. The application material was
therefore drawn from three British newspapers: The Independent,
representing high-brow British journalism, Daily Mail, representing midmarket
tabloids, and The Sun, representing popular tabloids.