CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CNN NEWS ABOUT IRAN-ISRAEL AND USA WAR

Authors

  • Zeeshan Ali Visiting Lecturer of English Linguistics, Department of English language and Linguistics, University of Sargodha, Sargodha Campus, Punjab, Pakistan. Author

Keywords:

Discursive, Ideology, Lexical, Linguistic, Power, Social, Syntactic, Textual

Abstract

 The delving ideas published in the deliberate research analyze discourse of CNN news concerning Donald Trump and Iran at textual, gregarious and excursive levels. The method of current studious inquiry is descriptive and qualitative. Moreover, CNN news and Trump’s words connects to power, social context and hidden ideologies are analyzed through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The researcher highlighted the lexical choices and syntactic features. The researcher considered syntactic and linguistic analysis for the micro level analysis. The researcher analyzed lexical, grammatical, social, ideological and discursive characteristics.

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Published

2025-12-30

How to Cite

CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CNN NEWS ABOUT IRAN-ISRAEL AND USA WAR. (2025). Heritage:International Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2(2), 72-97. https://hijll.com/ojs/index.php/hijll/article/view/20