A Pragmatic Study on the Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Selected Newspapers
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https://doi.org/10.31185/wjfh.Vol21.Iss3.1080Keywords:
pragmatics, Raisi's death, implicatureAbstract
Language is an essential instrument in the hands of journalists, who use it to achieve a variety of goals. The gap of the current study is to figure out the multiple hidden meanings that accompany the death of the Iranian President death Ebrahim Raisi. Thus, this study aims to explore how pragmatic implications are used in the media coverage of the Iranian president's death in newspapers. The qualitative method is followed for data analysis. Two global newspapers, namely, Le Monde from France and The Times of India, are chosen to investigate the data extensively. Grice’s implicature theory (1975) is used to explicate the implied meanings. The findings of the study reveal that the journalists in these two newspapers frequently convey implied ideas that are carried out depending on the context through the use of particularised conversational implicature. It is concluded that these newspapers utilise certain interpretations that convey the concept of support and criticism based on the event. Lastly, the study is important for journalists, educators, and policymakers since it illustrates how the news is framed to report on global events.
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