Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 2 Documents
Search

Lexical Landscape of Climate Change Discourse in Bangladeshi National Newspapers: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis Hasan Shaikh; Dr. Md. Obaidullah
IREELL: Indonesian Review of English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): April 2026, Indonesian Review of English Education, Linguistics and Literature
Publisher : Program Studi Tadris Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syekh Wasil Kediri

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30762/ireell.v4i1.8151

Abstract

As climate vulnerability intensifies and environmental debates become increasingly politicized, Bangladeshi national newspapers assume a pivotal role as discursive arenas where climate change is articulated through the socio-political idioms of the nation-state. To investigate how this articulation takes shape, the study applies corpus linguistic methods to a purposefully compiled dataset comprising nearly 350 opinion essays and news reports, amounting to approximately 400,000 tokens, published across three leading Bangla dailies between 2020 and 2025. The analysis reveals a hybridized discursive framework in which scientific credibility is interwoven with emotive resonance, temporal urgency, and developmental-nationalist logic. Rather than foregrounding global mitigation policies, newspapers localize the discourse centering lived vulnerability, infrastructural resilience, and collective agency to foster a participatory, if elite-mediated, climate consciousness. Keyword and concordance patterns further expose an economic framing that underscores aid dependency, financial risk, and global injustice, while simultaneously promoting Bangladesh as a resilient, technologically optimistic, and morally authoritative actor. The discourse privileges policy and academic voices, often marginalizing grassroots and ecological perspectives in favor of narratives that align with neoliberal development agendas. Ultimately, the study argues that Bangladeshi media reconfigures climate change as both an existential peril and a developmental opportunity functioning less as neutral chroniclers and more as discursive architects of a climate-resilient nationalism embedded in global political ecologies.
Linguistic Nationalism VS. Global Capitalism: The Fate of Bangla in the Changing Economy of Bangladesh Hasan Shaikh; Muslima Akter
DIROSAT: Journal of Education, Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 3 No. 3 (2025): Innovation in Education and Social Sciences Research
Publisher : Perkumpulan Dosen Fakultas Agama Islam Indramayu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58355/dirosat.v3i3.160

Abstract

Bangla, once the rallying cry of a nation’s liberation, now faces a quiet contest with English in the arenas of media, digital culture, and economic ambition. This paper investigates how linguistic nationalism is being reinvented under the pressures of global capitalism in present-day Bangladesh through a quantitative survey of 60 respondents. Statistical findings present an interesting duality: although Bangla is the first choice for traditional media, signage, and cultural heritage, English is being adopted as an inevitable gateway to international connectivity and economic opportunity. This tension demonstrates a population that is not letting go of its linguistic heritage but is strategically coping with a globalized world. The informants are concerned about the diminishing space for Bangla in digital entertainment and youth communication, but the majority is hopeful about the language’s survival. Although the study’s limited sample size and quantitative focus restrict generalizability, its findings shed light on a critical moment of linguistic transformation. It calls for forward-thinking language policies and digital innovation to ensure that Bangla remains not only remembered, but actively lived in a multilingual future.