Exploring Redefinitions of COVID-19: The Case of Philippine Leading Newspapers
Journal Title: American Journal of Arts and Human Science (AJAHS) - Year 2023, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
With the massive impact of COVID-19 in the lives of many Filipinos, many different connotations about the pandemic emerged. Therefore, using the news discourses of COVID-19 in three Philippine leading newspapers, namely The Manila Bulletin, The Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star, this descriptive-qualitative study explored the redefinitions of COVID-19 through paraphrase analysis. This study used a self-built corpus consist of national news articles published in the said newspapers. Results show that 10 paraphrases of COVID-19 used the formula COVID-19 is, 2 used COVID-19 has, while only 1 used … is the COVID-19. Based on the paraphrases of COVID-19, the following redefinitions were explored: COVID-19 is an enemy; COVID-19 is a threat to people’s lives; COVID-19 is less terrifying with the development of vaccines; COVID-is a virus that many people still do not understand; COVID-19 is worse than other illnesses and diseases; and COVID-19 is an eye-opener. The redefinitions drawn from this study could make a great contribution to people’s understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and for the investigation of the language features of other discourse objects.
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Jay-ar Cristobal
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- EP ID EP722889
- DOI https://doi.org/10.54536/ajahs.v1i1.268
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