THE IMPACT OF DISCOURSE MARKERS ON THE READABILITY OF NEWS MEDIA ARTICLES VERSUS ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA ARTICLES

Abstract The use of language by the media to affect the views and preferences of viewers is something that may be decoded by examining the pragmatic functions performed by the various discourse markers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the persuasive applications of discourse markers in the media as well as the pragmatism of their application in this environment. We are going to look at the many sorts of discourse markers that are employed in the media to influence the viewpoint of an audience, and then we are going to explore what this implies for the discourse of the media as a whole.References: 1. Aijmer, Karin. "English discourse particles." English Discourse Particles 2002: 1-315. 2. Brinton, Laurel J., and Elizabeth Closs Traugott. Lexicalization and language change. Cam-bridge University Press, 2005. 3. Di Ferrante, Laura. "Transitioning between small talk and work talk through discourse mark-ers: Evidence from a workplace spoken corpus." (2021): 7-30. 4. Eggins, S., & Slade, D. (1997). Analyzing casual conversation. Cassell. 5. Faisal, Wafaa Mokhlos. "The Discourse Marker (Well) in Selected Talk Shows: A Discourse Analysis Study1." 6. Fraser, Bruce. "An approach to discourse markers." Journal of pragmatics 14.3 (1990): 383-398. 7. Greenfield, Jerry. "Readability formulas for EFL." JALT Journal 26.1 (2004): 5-24. 8. Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood. "Learning how to mean." Foundations of language development. Academic Press, 1975. 239-265. 9. Jiang, Lianjiang, and Michelle Mingyue Gu. "Understanding youths' civic participation online: a digital multimodal composing perspective." Learning, Media and Technology 47.4 (2022): 537-556. 10. Jiang, Lianjiang, and Michelle Mingyue Gu. "Understanding youths' civic participation online: a digital multimodal composing perspective." Learning, Media and Technology 47.4 (2022): 537-556. 11. Lakoff, R. (1973). The logic of politeness; or, minding your p's and q's. Papers from the Ninth Regional Meeting, Chicago Linguistic Society, 292-305. 12. Nilsson, Bo, and Eric Carlsson. "Swedish politicians and new media: Democracy, identity and populism in a digital discourse." New Media & Society 16.4 (2014): 655-671. 13. Pedroni, Marco. "Two decades of fashion blogging and influencing: A critical over-view." Fashion Theory (2022): 1-32. 14. Rhee, Seongha. "On determinants of discourse marker functions: Grammaticalization and discourse-analytic perspectives." Linguistic Research 37.2 (2020): 289-325. 15. Rone, Julia. "Far right alternative news media as 'indignation mobilization mechanisms': how the far right opposed the Global Compact for Migration." Information, Communication & Socie-ty 25.9 (2022): 1333-1350. 16. Schiffrin, Deborah. "Discourse markers: Language, meaning, and context." The handbook of discourse analysis (2005): 54-75. 17. Schiffrin, Deborah. Discourse markers. No. 5. Cambridge University Press, 1987. 18. Schourup, L. (1985). Common discourse particles in English conversation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. 19. Shirazi, Farid. "Social media and the social movements in the Middle East and North Afri-ca: A critical discourse analysis." Information Technology & People (2013).Schourup, L. (1985). Com-mon discourse particles in English conversation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Cali-fornia, Los Angeles. 20. Tagliamonte, Sali A. Analysing sociolinguistic variation. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 21. Uzunoğlu, Ebru, and Sema Misci Kip. "Brand communication through digital influencers: Leveraging blogger engagement." International journal of information management 34.5 (2014): 592-602