The language of American and Egyptian Arabic Newspapers before and after the 25th of January Revolution: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

This Study aims at investigating how language is used in American and Egyptian Arabic Newspapers to reflect specific ideologies and power relations in the specified stages in the study. It aims also at investigating the The Linguistic Features of the Language of editorials in English and Arabic newspapers so as to enrich the readers’ awareness of perceiving ideologies in newspapers and help them to have a deeper understanding of newspapers and their language. the study falls into four chapters followed by a conclusion, an appendix and references. The selected data is divided into three periods: from November 5, 2010 "Egyptian Parliament Elections" to January 24, 2011, and from January 25, 2011 to the stepping down of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011, and from the stepping down of Mubarak to March 19, 2011. Events after the last mentioned period will not be tackled by the researcher.