Eco-Linguistic Analysis of ‘Dawn’ Newspaper: A Corpus Based Study

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to identify the content covered by the 'Dawn' newspaper and the significant concerns of today's people. For this purpose, data from 'Dawn' newspapers is used as a research sample. The top news items of "Dawn" newspapers are examined critically from in ecological perspective. This research is based on a corpus, which is made up of the top news items that were released in August and September of 2023. An eco-linguistic technique uses a mixed-methods study strategy to analyze the data. The data is first subjected to a quantitative analysis and then described qualitatively. The corpus tool for analysis is utilized to ascertain the frequency of lexical items used in newspapers. A corpus tool called Antconc determines the frequencies of the lexical items used in newspapers. The underlying concerns of the "Dawn" newspaper are exposed by identifying the lexical words with the highest frequencies. The findings indicate that politics and economy are the Pakistani public's main concerns. The "Dawn" newspaper does not cover any ecological topics and completely ignores environmental concerns.