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IJLLL 2025 Vol.11(1): 61-65
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2025.11.1.574

An Ecological Discourse Analysis of Engagement Resources in News Reports on Marine Conservation in China Daily

Jiang Lingling and Zhang Yi*
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Email: 739135553@qq.com (J.L.L.); yizhang@nwpu.edu.cn (Z.Y.)
*Corresponding author

Manuscript received October 7, 2024; revised November 28, 2024; accepted January 25, 2025; published February 28, 2025.

Abstract—Ecological Discourse Analysis is a research methodology that focuses on the study of language use in relation to ecological issues and environmental concerns, aiming to reveal underlying ecological thoughts and ideologies by analyzing language. And Engagement System is a language resource used to express writer’s stances and attitudes and contains the potential meaning of negotiating with readers. In recent years, the marine pollution has been a heated focus of environmental protection. 20 news reports about marine protection have been selected from China Daily, the official news platform, to study in detail. In this research, all kinds of engagement resources have been tagged and identified to analyze the interaction between editors and readers and explore the news’ ecological orientations. Results show that there are far more heterogloss resources than monogloss resources, reflecting the news writers’ attempts on establishing a dialogue with readers. In terms of ecological orientations behind engagement resources, there are few destructive discourses in the news reports, and most of them are beneficial or neutral discourses, which show the traditional Chinese ecological philosophical thoughts of “harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature”. The aim and significance of this research is to encourage news writers to interact with the public to enhance people’s ecological consciousness.

Keywords—China Daily, ecological discourse analysis, engagement system, marine conservation

Cite: Jiang Lingling and Zhang Yi, "An Ecological Discourse Analysis of Engagement Resources in News Reports on Marine Conservation in China Daily," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 61-65, 2025.

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