Paper Status Tracking

Journals by Title

Journals by Subject

Contact us

	[email protected]
	3275638434

	Paper Publishing WeChat

Useful Links

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Article

Open Access

A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Image Construction of BRIC Bank from Mainstream Media’s Perspective—A Case Study of China Daily

Author(s)

GUO Gui-hang, LI Dan

Full-Text PDF Download XML 1327 Views

DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2015.07.009

Affiliation(s)

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

ABSTRACT

Despite the fact that BRIC Bank was instituted to enhance the core competitiveness of developing countries, opponents concern it would undermine the status of the World Bank and incurred negative impact. However, as China is one of initiated countries of the BRIC nations, domestic mainstream media witnessed widespread coverage to justify Bank’s roles. Therefore, this paper, based on Halliday’s Meta-language Function theory, intends to explore the significance of BRIC Banks from the perspective of domestic mainstream media. Meanwhile, the thesis, combining with corpus research tools and VRIN standard theory (namely Valuable, Rare, Imperfectly, Imitable, Non-Substitutable), probes into image construction and interprets roles of BRIC Bank in mainstream reports.

KEYWORDS

BRIC bank, image, corpus, management

Cite this paper

References

CHENG, S. (2014). 从历史定位看金砖银行成立的意义(Exploring the significance of BRICs Bank establishment from historic perspective). 视角, 14-15.
Halliday, M. A. K. (1985). An introduction to functional grammar. London: Edward Arnold.
Halliday, M. A. K. (1994). An introduction to functional grammar. London: Edward Arnold.
Halliday, M. A. K. (2000). An introduction to functional grammar. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
JIANG, X. Q. (2014, June 4). BRICS Development Bank set to become a reality. China Daily.
Kevin, M. (2014, July 23). BRICS Bank should help the poor. China Daily.
LAN, L., & ZHU, W.Q. (2014, July 9). World Bank head says new entrants will be welcome. China Daily.
QIAN, Y. F. (2010). 语料库与批判话语分析(Corpus and critical discourse analysis). 外语教学与研究(外国语文双月刊), 5(3), 198-202.

Rottweiler, F. T., & Beauchemin, J. L. (1987). Detroit and Narnia: Two foes on the brink of destruction. Canadian/American Studies Journal, 54, 66–146.
WANG, J. P. (2014). 金砖银行发展定位(BRICs Bank position). 关注, 9, 12-13.
YANG, N., & WU, P. (2012). 基于语料库的媒介话语分析——以《纽约时报》对华妇女报道为例(Corpus-based analysis of media language—A case study of chinese women coverge by New York Times). 传播学研究, 9, 48-58.
ZHANG, S. J. (2014). 语料库在批评话语分析中的应用(Corpus application in critical discourse analysis). 郑州大学学报(哲学社会科学版), 5(3), 130-133.
ZHU, X. M. (2012). 《纽约时报》涉华社论所建构的中国形象语料库驱动的搭配研究(Corpus-driven collocation research of chinese image constructed by New York Times). 云南农业大学学报, 6(5), 104-108.