CORPUS ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPERS

The data was collected from five major American newspapers: USA Today, New York Post, New York Daily News, The New York Times, and Washington Post, known for their broad circulation and readership in the United States. Up to three articles concerning immigration will be analyzed from each newspaper, based on the categories defined by Bach and Harnish (1979): ‘Constatives’, ‘Directives’, ‘Commissives’, and ‘Acknowledgements,’ which serve as the foundation for examining the types of illocutionary acts in this research. The corpus attached will be used to analyze and understand elements of migration narratives that have emerged in the public discourse to shape a clear viewpoint.