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AN ECOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF METAFUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN PAKISTANI COVID19 ADVERTORIALS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).10      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).10      Published : Mar 2021

An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials

Abstract

    This study examines the language used in advertorials of Covid 19 from an ecolinguistic perspective. Through the ecolinguistic study of advertorials on Covid 19, the elements of fear and xenophobia are dredged up. Regarding Covid 19, little research has been carried out on advertorials. This study applies Halliday's (1970) metafunctions of language proposed in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) on Covid advertorials from the perspective of ecolinguistics. Fifty Covid 19 related advertorials from ten different Pakistani websites were selected. Five advertorials from each website were chosen. Ecolinguistic analysis of Halliday's three metafunctions was adopted as the analytical framework. The findings of the study indicated that the Covid 19 advertorials are exploited to accentuate and propagate xenophobia and fear in the ecosystem through different lexical choices. The findings of this study provide a guideline of didactic inferences for future researchers in the field.

    Advertorials, Covid 19, Ecolinguistic Analysis, Metafunctions, SFL

    (1) Rabia Gul
    Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Saddam Hussain
    Lecturer Department of English, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Shaukat Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Gul, R., Hussain, S., & Ali, S. (2021). An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials. Global Language Review, VI(I), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).10

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    CHICAGO : Gul, Rabia, Saddam Hussain, and Shaukat Ali. 2021. "An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials." Global Language Review, VI (I): 90-98 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).10

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    HARVARD : GUL, R., HUSSAIN, S. & ALI, S. 2021. An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials. Global Language Review, VI, 90-98.

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    MHRA : Gul, Rabia, Saddam Hussain, and Shaukat Ali. 2021. "An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials." Global Language Review, VI: 90-98

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    OXFORD : Gul, Rabia, Hussain, Saddam, and Ali, Shaukat (2021), "An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials", Global Language Review, VI (I), 90-98

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    TURABIAN : Gul, Rabia, Saddam Hussain, and Shaukat Ali. "An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials." Global Language Review VI, no. I (2021): 90-98. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).10