Rhetorical strategy preferences in newspaper editorials

Exploring linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials through multidimensional analysis

“…Furthermore, it has been confirmed that the newspaper editorials universally share similar organizational structures (Ansary & Babaii, 2005; Bhatia, 1993; Wornyo, 2022; Zarza & Tan, 2016), but vary in the realization of rhetorical strategies (Wornyo, 2022), which is influenced by the contextual factors among which cultural thought patterns are said to influence the most upon the organization of ideas into writing form (Connor, 2008). It means that the context (in which something is written) is an important factor to influence the text (Wornyo, 2022). So, Pakistani newspaper editorials (being written in different cultural contexts) reflect variation in the use of linguistic features as compared with the newspaper editorials written in different cultures (as discussed in the “Literature Review” section).…”

“…Therefore, they face language problems in specific discourse contexts. So, the studies analyzing the use of language of specific genres revealing linguistic elements involved in the composition of the said genres prove helpful to the students engaged in the professional training to become expert writers of the said genres (Ansary & Babaii, 2005; Flowerdew & Dudley-Evans, 2002; Wornyo, 2022). Second, this research has implications for the editorial readers with a view that English newspaper writing style involves a system of grammatical, lexical and phraseological means that (the system) is viewed as a different linguistic entity working to inform and instruct the readers (Arakelyan, 2015).…”

“…This research has implications for the students of communication and media studies, newspaper editorial writers and researchers in the field of journalism particularly in English as foreign language (EFL)/English as a second language (ESL) setting. First, this research has implications for the students of communication and media studies in a sense that they (students) are taught how to write different journalistic genres, for example, editorials, news reports and review articles (Wornyo, 2022). However, the students from EFL/ESL backgrounds are not sufficiently proficient in English language like Anglo-Americans.…”