An Analysis of Semantic Prosody in News Headlines

This research article aims to investigate the phenomenon of semantic prosody in news headlines. Semantic prosody refers to the consistent positive or negative associations of a word or phrase in a given context. In the context of news headlines, semantic prosody plays an important role in shaping readers’ perceptions and attitudes towards news topics. The study analyzes a corpus of news headlines from different online news sources, including CNN, BBC, Reuters, and The New York Times. The mixed-method approach is utilized to explore the frequency and patterns of semantic prosody in news headlines. In the milieu of findings, the proposed study sheds light on the linguistic strategies employed by news writers to influence readers’ attitudes and opinions. To justify the impact of semantic prosody on reader’s perception and engagement with news headlines, references entailed in this research are drawn from recent studies and research published between 2021 and 2023 that includes works by scholars such as Xie et al. (2021), Wang and Huang (2022), and Zhang and Wang (2023), among others

The State is the King: A Marxist Approach to Sophocles’ Antigone

Marxist approach enunciates that economic and sociopolitical realities are the actual factors that outline the human experience and the economy has a pivotal role to play in all aspects of life. Marxism also concentrates upon the conception that individual experiences are based upon the socioeconomic systems which also shape the behavior of the groups. It questions the perception that gaining and retaining political and economic power is the motivating drive behind all political and social activities. In other words, economics lays the foundation of social, political, and ideological realities. It also affects human perception and develops a perspective. Antigone is a major tragedy by Sophocles. Sophocles has discussed the perception of human nature throughout his plays and he has dealt with various aspects of human life. Likewise, many critics have analyzed his plays from a myriad of lenses and perspectives. Eagleton (1976) also emphasizes the convoluted interrelationships between the socio-economic base and the social institutions and values (including literature) which make the superstructure. Winnington Ingram (1980) also acknowledges the obscurity in deriving meaning in Antigone. Several critics have focused their attention on its sociopolitical aspects, which include the desirable degree of respect to established law, and the relationship based on gender, and preference of the duties toward the family on the duty to social laws. The present study aims at exploring the considerations (mainly economic, and political) behind the perpetuation of authority and exhibiting the role of gender and class in the hegemony of the domineering over the meek in the play, Antigone, and also tries to uncover the role of ideology in fashioning the attitude of the subjugated to be tyrannized and how the oppressor subdues the mindfulness of the outranked. The study also intended to corroborate that Sophocles antedated the Marxist principles

Mobility and Globalization: Reconfiguring the politics of identity in Flights by Olga Tokarczuk and Less by Andrew Sean Greer

This article carries out a comparative study of Flights by Olga Tokarczuk and Less by Andrew Sean Greer in terms of mobility affecting the identity of individuals in a global world. It also throws light upon the idea of motion and how it complicates the relationship between an individual and his identity under the influence of globalization. Both novels have been selected to undertake the present study based on common themes. The study discusses how the novel Flights indicates that real life takes place in motion. The study is qualitative. The interpretation has been used as a research methodology. The novels have been analyzed in the light of "Globalization and cultural identity." Handbook of identity theory and research by Jensen, Lene Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, and Jessica McKenzie. The study also discusses how the state of motion affects the emotional side of an individual.  The study critiques a comparative study of two widely discussed novels. Though, both novels seem entirely different and diverse in their approach to the idea of mobility. Both present the story employing different narrative techniques. However, traveling unifies the thematic structure of both novels. The characters are found traveling. Traveling affects them at the external level and it also influences their internal selves. It also demonstrates how modernity plays its role in a global world. “We ‘live’ our gender, our sexuality, our nationality, and so forth as publicly institutionalized, discursively organized belongings… This is what I mean by saying that modernity is the harbinger of identity.” (273

Discursive Analysis of Learner Identity and Diversity in the Single National Curriculum (SNC) of Pakistan: A Discourse-Historical Approach"

The present study investigates the notion of learner identity and its connection with diversity. The objective of this study is to perform a discursive analysis of the Single National Curriculum (SNC). The Standardized National Curriculum (SNC) is a comprehensive educational framework that has been established by the government of Pakistan. Its primary goal is to standardize and unify the curriculum throughout all educational institutions inside the country. The present study aims to analyze the discourses pertaining to the SNC to gain insight into the diverse perspectives surrounding it. Specifically, it explores whether these perspectives adopt a comprehensive approach that addresses social and emotional aspects, or if they exhibit cultural confusion. It investigates whether the identity of learners is undergoing transformation and whether it embraces diversity and multiculturalism. For this, the research utilizes an extensive qualitative methodology. To enhance the analysis's robustness, a purposive sampling technique will be applied by collecting data from secondary sources particularly textbooks. The examination will include nearly ten textbooks mainly of subjects like Pakistan Studies, Urdu and English, specifically tailored for matriculation and intermediate levels. The research uses Ruth Wodak's Discourse Historical Approach to examine specific extracts from curriculum texts, thereby adopting a distinctive perspective that sets it apart from previous research endeavors. These strategies encompass the utilization of language, framing techniques, and the depiction of Pakistani learners' identity and their ability to adjust to a multicultural environment. The interpretation of the findings provides an understanding of how the textbook influences the formation of learners' identities in the context of multiculturalism

Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Most patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are diagnosed with advanced cancer. These guidelines only include information about stage IV NSCLC. Patients with widespread metastatic disease (stage IV) are candidates for systemic therapy, clinical trials, and/or palliative treatment. The goal is to identify patients with metastatic disease before initiating aggressive treatment, thus sparing these patients from unnecessary futile treatment. If metastatic disease is discovered during surgery, then extensive surgery is often aborted. Decisions about treatment should be based on multidisciplinary discussion