ON THE DISCOURSE CONSTRUCTION OF CHINA'S IMAGE IN FIGHTING COVID-19 FROM A CORPUS-BASED DISCOURSE HISTORICAL APPROACH PERSPECTIVE

Lv Jinshuang ； Li Rong

《IETI Transactions on Social Sciences and Humanities》 12卷 (2021/01) Pp. 81-89

https://doi.org/10.6896/IETITSSH.202101_12.0008

摘要

The study of national image has become an important topic in the context of globalization, and media discourse plays a significant role in the dissemination of national image. Based on the corpus technology and the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA), this paper, starting from nomination, predication and perspectivization, analyzes the discursive strategies of the mainstream media employed towards China after the outbreak of COVID-19, and finds that although the China's image pictured in the New York Times has slight changes in different periods, the negative is still dominant. This study hopes to provide some reference for China to formulate feasible national image dissemination strategies and establish a good international image in the post epidemic era.

關鍵字

National image ； Discourse Historical Approach ； Discoursive strategy