The general perspectives of child abuse issues are derived from the mainstream media. However, media’s tendency to sensationalise cases attract viewership may distort readers’ understanding and further propagate maltreatment. This study investigates language used in Malaysian news discourse on using Karpenko-Seccombe et al.’s (2020) method analysis Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SF...

Framed in language socialization theory, this study examines the longitudinal cohesive device development of an ESL Chinese graduate student over time during his discourse socialization by focusing on his oral presentations through a systemic functional linguistics approach. The study found that the participant improved in his use of textual resources as he continued his discourse socialization...