LANGUAGE AND NATURE:AN ECOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE ANIMATED MOVIE RIO 2

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the Salience and Evaluation in the animated movie Rio 2 and discover the lexical choices related to ecology in the selected movie. To achieve these objectives, the model of ecolinguistics presented by Stibbe (2015) is employed. There are many areas of life that are magnified and appraisal patterns are also found throughout the plot of the movie. This study has adopted a mixed method of research and uses purposive sampling while collecting data. Transcript of the movie Rio 2 is used to analyze the data. After the analysis it has been found that the movie is teeming with lexical choices that have relation to environment and ecology and many nouns, noun phrases, verbs and adjectives are evidence of this connection. Moreover, it is discovered that the movie not only contain countless appraisal patterns but also try to put light on many aspects of environment and ecology. It is also found that magnification of various areas of life is quite apparent in the transcript. The appraisal patterns here point to the positive or negative evaluation and salience refers to the prominence of things, individuals and notions. It is also suggested that the movie can be studied for erasure and ecofeminmtitc elements in future.