031460000a22003490004500 110921n2011 a g m 000 0 eng d UIAM eng eng P302 Mustafa, Manar Munjid 353351 A critical discourse analysis of the representation of Iraqi Kurds and shites in Time and Newsweek before and after the us-led invasion / by Manar Munjid Mustafa Kuala Lumpur: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2011 xiii, 142 leaves : ill. ;c30cm. rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Abstract in English and Arabic. "A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Human Sciences (English Language Studies)."--On t.p. Thesis (MHSLG)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-138). This research is carried out to examine the change in the representation of Iraqi Kurds and Shiites before and after the US-led invasion though a critical discourse analysis of forty TIME and Newsweek articles published during November, 2002-March, 2003 and January-May, 2007. The reason for choosing these time periods is that before the invasion both Iraqi Kurds and Shiites were seen as United States allies. However, anti- US Shiite groups emerged after the invasion while Kurds remained loyal to the United States. The study is limited to using Fairclough's three-stage analysis. Firstly in the Description stage, vocabulary, ergativity and implicature analyses are used to examine headlines and discourse features, specifically, naming choices, lexical choices, overcompleteness and voice are used to examine full-text articles. The second stage of the analysis, namely Interpretation, establishes a link between the text and the discourse practice, and finally, the third stage Explanation, deals with explaining the relationship between the interaction and social context. The comparative analysis shows that both newsmagazines represented both Iraqi Kurds and Shiites positively before the invasion. However, the representation of Iraqi Shiites changed substantially in the examined period after the invasion. By observing the political context during both periods, the study reveals that an important factor controlling the representation of both groups was the nature of the United States' relation to both Iraqi Kurds and Shiites during the studied periods. Discourse analysis 20519 Sociolinguistics 5964 Journalism 353352 Newspapers Language 203503 Theses, IIUM local Dissertations, Academic Department of English Language and Literature IIUM International Islamic University Malaysia. Departmnet of English Language and Literature 353353 http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/6142 hab-zhmn-naw lcc THESIS 434859 466282 0 0 0 0 THESES IIUM IIUM MULTIMEDIA 2017-10-19 0.00 t P 302 M991C 2011 00011232084 2017-10-19 00:00:00 1 0.00 THESIS