Representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Twitter: a corpus-based linguistic analysis
<p class="Author"><em><span lang="EN-US">The present study aims not only to linguistically analyze the tweets produced in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from October 7<sup>th</sup> to 30<sup>th</sup> in 2023, which is the fi...
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2025-04-01
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| Series: | Insights into Language, Culture and Communication |
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| Online Access: | http://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/ILCC/article/view/1276 |
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| Summary: | <p class="Author"><em><span lang="EN-US">The present study aims not only to linguistically analyze the tweets produced in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from October 7<sup>th</sup> to 30<sup>th</sup> in 2023, which is the first twenty-three days of the conflict, but also to present a multi-layered analysis of the linguistic elements in the selected tweets. It also investigates the representations of the conflict in 475 tweets of a number of Western public figures and international organizations, which were analyzed in a quantitative and qualitative study design. The study employs a triangulation of three theoretical frameworks; namely, Halliday’s (2014) framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Fairclough’s (1989) three-dimensional Model of Critical Discourse Analysis, and van Dijk’s (1993) socio-cognitive framework of ingroup and outgroup representation. In a corpus-based approach, the study explores the frequency of not only conflict-related lexical elements, but also their two- or three-word clusters in the selected tweets by using a software programme; that is, AntConc (3.5.7, 2018), which helps identify the key words and clusters which are frequently used and distributed in the tweets. Results demonstrate a preponderant use of a number of words as well as two- or three-word clusters related to Israel, Hamas, Gaza, etc which not only contribute to the writer’s construction of meaning, but also present the West’s support towards Israel’s military operations in Gaza.</span></em></p><p class="Author"><em><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></em></p><p class="Author"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Received on: 25 March 2025 </span></strong></p><p class="Author"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Accepted on: 04 April 2025 </span></strong></p><p class="Author"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Published on: 22 April 2025</span></strong></p> |
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| ISSN: | 2812-4901 2812-491X |