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Frame Markers as Metadiscoursal Features in Pakistani English Newspapers’ Editorials: A Corpus-Based Study
Abstract
Frame markers are said to be used as a tool to organize and frame the discourse in a text. This study, therefore, examines the use of frame markers in the newspaper editorials. Being a corpus-based study, it develops the corpora from 1000 editorials published in four Pakistani English language newspapers (250 editorials each) which are (the corpora) analyzed through AntConc 3.4.4.0 following interpersonal model by Hyland (2005). The results indicate that the editorialists in ‘The Frontier’, ‘The Dawn’, ‘The News’, and ‘The Express Tribune’ use frame markers to constitute the meaning contextually in the minds of the readers. However, the editorialists in The Frontier are observed to use frame markers more than any other newspaper in the study. The study also proposes a list of 121 frame markers from Hyland (2005) and textinspector.com which will help the future researchers to study frame markers in different genera
Authors
Ali Raza Siddique
PhD Candidate, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Ahmad
PhD Candidate, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sumera Shan Ahmad
Lecturer, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
