Abstract
The discourse of newspaper editorials is meant for opinion building in the readers through the use of argumentation. The act of convincing audience requires the provision of opinions with factual data often carried out by attributing ideas to various sources for building credibility. This crosscultural research looks at the strategy of attribution to sources for argument building in Pakistani, Malaysian and American newspaper editorials. Various forms and functions of attribution are uncovered. Attribution is found to play a significant role in fulfilling argumentation goals in opinion discourse. The findings of the study are interesting when interpreted in light of the prevailing extra-linguistic factors in the selected cultures.
Tariq Khan, Farzana Masroor, Zulfiqar Ali. (2020) Credibility’ through Attribution to Sources in Newspaper Opinion Discourse across Cultures, The Dialogue, Volume 15, Issue 1.
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