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The study investigates the phenomenon of stance-taking and the language of evaluation in the Western feminist media discourse of Jessica Valenti. This research is situated within the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) introduced by Halliday (1978). The study adopts Martin & White‟s (2005) model of evaluation analysis. Data consists of three articles written by Valenti in a famous electronic newspaper (The Guardian). The study reveals that media discourse is more subjective than objective. Media language is attitudinal, ideologically loaded, stance-saturated and over-charged. Negativity is a significant feature in heated media discourse. Media language is a language of inciting, contraction, imposition and up-grading. Language is used strategically in order to achieve ideological aims and targets in media discourse.
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