Genre Analysis of News Reports: Variations Across Global Context

Abstract

This study investigates variations of the English language used in news reports based on Kachru's classification of World Englishes, i.e. Inner Circle, Outer Circle, and Expanding Circle (Kachru, 1985, 1996). This study compared the language used in news reports from different agencies to investigate the varieties of Englishes in terms of occurrences of moves and the use of language features. The data consisted of 90 news reports on ten topics by various news agencies worldwide. The findings reveal the variations of rhetorical conventions and the linguistic features of the news reports found across the Inner Circle, Outer Circle, and Expanding Circle countries.