Efficiency In The Discourse Of Relationship Articles From The American And The Bulgarian Online Editions Of Cosmopolitan Women`S Magazine (A Comparative Study)
Efficiency In The Discourse Of Relationship Articles From The American And The Bulgarian Online Editions Of Cosmopolitan Women`S Magazine (A Comparative Study)
Author(s): Radostina Vladkova IglikovaSubject(s): Media studies, Comparative Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: discourse; efficiency; text type; women's magazines;
Summary/Abstract: The following article explores the nature and dynamics of the relationship obtained between the regulative principle of textual efficiency and the specific features of text types as illustrated in the articles on love from the online editions of women`s magazines. The analysis is based on a corpus of 2 articles, each taken from the sections Sex/Love and “Любов и секс” (Love and Sex) in the American and the Bulgarian websites of Cosmopolitan magazine (www.cosmopolitan.com and www.cosmopolitan.bg, respectively). The present study utilizes the theoretical and methodological prerequisites of Discourse Analysis as an approach to text as well as those of Cognitive Linguistics and is comparative in its attempt at juxtaposing discourse from two different linguistic and cultural settings.
Journal: Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT
- Issue Year: 1/2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 71-83
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English, Bulgarian