Habibah, Ismail and Hazleena, Baharun and Hazlina, Abdullah and Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid (2020) Power and voices of authority in the media narrative of Malaysian natives: combining corpus linguistics and discourse analysis approaches. 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 26 (2). pp. 50-66. ISSN 0128-5157. (Published)
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Abstract
Orang Asli is a group of indigenous people who live according to a set of lifestyle and belief system and speak the native language. Previous studies have found that the Orang Asli are mostly depicted in the news media as backwards and dependent on others (Marlina Jamal & Shakila Abdul Manan, 2016). Such stereotypical depiction is shared with other research undertaken in various countries, particularly those in Canada or Australia. While many of these studies analysed findings from the media and communication or socio-cultural perspectives, the present study examines the representation of Orang Asli in Malaysian news/media by focusing on the use of language, i.e. linguistic viewpoint. The examination undertaken in this study focuses on headlines and lead paragraphs of one of the most influential English language newspapers in Malaysia. This study demonstrates the synergy of two methodological approaches in linguistics namely critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics. Our main findings show how Orang Asli is consistently depicted around stereotypical news narratives such as issues of land rights and other resources. We also found that the voices of Orang Asli leaders are overshadowed by other authorities such as the state government. Thus, this study contributes to shed light on the linguistics resources and language patterns used to portray the Orang Asli in Malaysian newspapers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Orang Asli; News discourse; Corpus linguistics; Critical discourse analysis;; Indigenous people |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Faculty/Division: | Center for Modern Languages |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Siti Norzaimalina Abd Majid |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2020 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2020 06:53 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28603 |
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