英美传媒话语研究方法述评

英美学者从不同角度研究传媒话语,取得了不同的研究成果。迄今为止,仍在起着重要影响的主要研究方法有:语言学和社会语言学方法、会话分析方法、符号分析法、话语批评分析法及话语分析法等。笔者从研究对象、研究成果和局限性几个方面对这些起着重要影响的研究方法进行简要述评,得知:采用不同的途径,多角度、多层次、跨学科、全方位地研究传媒话语,已成为传媒话语研究的趋势,这种研究定势也将更加丰富传媒话语的理论。

A Critical Review of English and American Scholars' Approaches to Media Discourse

British and American scholars have looked into the media discourse in different approaches,and have come up with many research findings.The studies in this area feature wide range of approaches covering linguistic and sociolinguistic analysis,conversational analysis,semiotic analysis,critical discourse analysis and discourse analysis.Based on a critical review of these approaches with regard to their research objects,contributions and limitations,the article suggests that as more work is conducted in a diversified,inter-disciplinary framework,media discourse research will produce an enriched repertoire of media discourse theories.