Ying Qin*, Yuhang Cui, Chunchun Song*
Jiamusi University, Jiamusi 154007, Heilongjiang, China.
*Corresponding author: Ying Qin, Chunchun Song
This study was funded by the Key Educational and Teaching Reform Research Project of Jiamusi University (No. 2024JY1-15).
Abstract
This study examines the discursive evolution of Heilongjiang agricultural policy documents from 2020 to 2025 through Fairclough’s three-dimensional discourse analysis framework. By constructing a specialized corpus comprising 12 policy documents totaling approximately 120,501 characters, this research investigates how national agricultural strategic discourse is recontextualized at the local level. Through corpus linguistic methods including word frequency analysis, keyword extraction, and collocation analysis, the study reveals the trajectory of core policy discourse evolution. The findings demonstrate that Heilongjiang’s policy documents exhibit distinctive local characteristics while maintaining alignment with central policies, reflecting a process of “reception-transformation” through intertextual strategies. The analysis identifies three key recontextualization strategies: localization through province-specific terminology, operationalization through concrete implementation measures, and legitimation through alignment with national frameworks. From a language planning perspective, this study argues that local policy text writing constitutes an important form of implicit language governance practice, establishing authoritative terminology and constructing evaluative frameworks that shape governance outcomes.
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How to cite this paper
Recontextualization and Implicit Language Governance: A Corpus-based Discourse Analysis of Heilongjiang Agricultural Policy Documents (2020-2025)
How to cite this paper: Ying Qin, Yuhang Cui, Chunchun Song. (2025). Recontextualization and Implicit Language Governance: A Corpus-based Discourse Analysis of Heilongjiang Agricultural Policy Documents (2020-2025). Translation and Foreign Language Learning, 1(5), 898-905.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/tfll.2025.12.026