War rhetoric of a little ally

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teun A. van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
War Rhetoric ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Context Models

In this paper we examine some of the properties of the speeches by former Prime Minister José María Aznar held in Spanish parliament in 2003 legitimating his support of the USA and the threatening war against Iraq. The theoretical framework for the analysis is a multidisciplinary CDA approach relating discursive, cognitive and sociopolitical aspects of parliamentary debates. It is argued that speeches in parliament should not only be defined in terms of their textual properties, but also in terms of a contextual analysis. Besides an analysis of the usual properties of ideological and political discourse, such as positive self-presentation and negative other-presentation and other rhetoric devices, special attention is paid to political implicatures defined as inferences based on general and particular political knowledge as well as on the context models of Aznar’s speeches.

scholarly journals Rhetorical and Persuasive Strategies Employed by Imran Khan in his Victory Speech: A Socio-Political Discourse Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 349
Author(s):  
Unaiza Saeed ◽  
Muhammad Zammad Aslam ◽  
Abdulrehman Khan ◽  
Mahnoor Khan ◽  
Maria Atiq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Leader ◽  
Personal Pronoun ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Presentation Strategy ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Political Discourse Analysis ◽  
Rhetorical Model

This study aims to explore the rhetorical and persuasive strategies employed by a political leader to propagate his ideology using language. It intends to critically analyze the victory speech of Pakistani Premier Imran Khan (IK)—the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)—which he delivered at the Prime Minister House, Islamabad, after being elected as the 22nd Premier of Pakistan in 2018. The researchers attempt to unveil and analyze critically the strategies that worked behind this speech to persuade the audience. Different linguistic tools used for projecting and achieving political power have been identified and scrutinized. The qualitative analysis of the speech is based on theory of Aristotle’s Rhetoric; Ethos, Pathos, Logos and other persuasive strategies like use of personal pronoun, predication strategy, and positive self-presentation and negative others-presentation employed by IK, and further to study how language carries the power of transforming the perception and political views of people. The findings suggest that political discourse is intentionally crafted to communicate and persuade people about specific ideologies located in the discourse in an implicit way and IK uses the Aristotelian rhetorical model comprising of rhetoric, predication strategy, and self-presentation and negative Others-presentation strategy to persuade his audience to follow his hidden agendas.

Constructing threat through quotes and historical analogies in the Czech and the US “Ukraine Discourse”

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 870-892
Author(s):  
Martina Berrocal
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Response ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
Intended Action ◽  
The Us ◽  
Discursive Representations ◽  
The Way

Abstract Conflicts and their discursive representations involve, apart from the spacio-temporal dimension, also the socio-ideological and axiological positions. These prompt the desired emotional response from the audience in a form of authorization for the intended action. All these dimensions are mainly construed by presenting series of assertions by creating the dichotomy self-other and by triggering implicatures that contribute to the preferred interpretations of the presented representations. This paper aims to examine the role of quotes and historical analogies triggered by quotes in discourse, concretely, it focuses on the way the Ukrainian conflict is proximized in the US and the Czech political discourse, namely in the parliamentary debates and governmental statements (November 2013–December 2014). The theoretical framework applied is the proximization approach (Cap 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017) which is complemented by the studies that explore the pragmatic functions of quoting in discourse.

Directive Guidance as a Cultural Practice for Learning by Chinese-Heritage Babies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Su-hua Wang ◽  
Shinchieh Duh
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
European American ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Individual

We provide a framework of analysis for Chinese ways of learning that extends beyond the individual level. The theoretical framework focuses on Confucian principles of <i>xiào</i> (孝, filial piety), <i>guăn</i> (管, to govern), and <i>dào dé guān</i> (道德觀, virtues), which leads us to argue that directive guidance as a cultural practice nourishes Chinese-heritage children’s learning as early as in infancy. To illustrate how directive guidance occurs in action for infants, we present an empirical study that examined the interaction of mother-infant dyads in Taipei, Taiwan, when they played with a challenging toy. The dyads co-enacted directive guidance more frequently than their European-American counterparts in the USA – through hand holding, intervening, and collaboration – while infants actively participate in the practice. We discuss the early development of strengths for learning that is fostered through culturally meaningful practices recurrent in parent-infant interaction.

Rhetorical moves in political discourse: closing statements by presidential candidates in US primary election debates

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Sample Analysis ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Primary Election ◽  
Presidential Primary ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Political Persuasion

Abstract Presidential primary debates in the USA are commonly concluded by brief closing statements, in which the competitors outline the central messages of their election campaigns. These statements constitute a subgenre characterized by a set of recurring rhetorical moves, which are defined as functional units geared towards the respective communicative objective, in this case political persuasion. Located at the interface of rhetorical move analysis and political discourse studies, this paper demonstrates that moves and embedded steps in closing statements fulfill the persuasive function of legitimizing the respective candidate as the most preferable presidential successor. The study is based on the transcripts of 98 closing statements, which were extracted from eight Democratic and eleven Republican primary debates held between August 2015 and April 2016. Typical moves, such as projecting the speaker’s future political agenda or diagnosing the current situation in America, are presented with the help of illustrative examples, frequencies of occurrence, and a sample analysis of a complete closing statement.

scholarly journals Is history of economic thought a "serious" subject?

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Textual Exegesis ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the nature of research methods in the history of economic thought. In reviewing the "techniques" which are involved in the discipline, four broader categories are identified: a) textual exegesis; b) "rational reconstructions"; c) "contextual analysis"; and d) "historical narrative". After examining these different styles of doing history of economic thought, the paper addresses the question of its appraisal, namely what is good history of economic thought. Moreover, it is argued that there is a distinction to be made between doing economics and doing history of economic thought. The latter requires the greatest possible respect for contexts and texts, both published and unpublished; the former entails constructing a theoretical framework that is in some respects freer, not bound by derivation, from the authors. Finally, the paper draws upon Econlit records to assess what has been done in the subject in the last two decades in order to frame some considerations on how the past may impinge on the future.

scholarly journals ‘BENEFICIARY’ AS A MEANS FOR A DICHOTOMOUS REPRESENTATION IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Marek Hampl
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Participant Role ◽  
Positive Presentation

This paper focuses on the employment of the participant role ‘Beneficiary: Recipient’ inthe discourse of U.S. President George W. Bush in the period from September 11, 2001to May 1, 2003. The analysis presented in the paper has been conducted on the corpus of92 speeches delivered by the speaker. The aim of the paper is to observe the formation ofthe ‘Us’ and ‘Them’groups on the basis of the involvement of the participant ‘Beneficiary:Recipient’. The theoretical framework for the analysis is grounded in the system oftransitivity developed by M. A. K. Halliday. In the analytical part, the focus will be placedon the analysis of the participant ‘Beneficiary: Recipient’ that is involved in Materialprocesses in George W. Bush’s discourse. It will be argued that the employment of thisparticipant also contributed to positive presentation of ‘Us’ and to negative presentationof ‘Them’.

An Appeal to the People: Politeness Strategies in the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Maiden Speech

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nadia Anuar ◽  
Nurizah Md Ngadiran
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Speech ◽  
Political Upheaval ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The People ◽  
Politeness Strategies

The use of politeness strategies has received increasing attention in the political discourse as a powerful persuasion tool. These strategies became critical for the newly appointed prime minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, to convince Malaysians that he is qualified to lead the country during a political upheaval and global pandemic. Thus, the objectives of this paper are to identify the types and frequency of the politeness strategies used by Muhyiddin Yassin in his maiden speech as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia. Two categories of politeness strategies based on Brown and Levinson’s (1987) were examined, which are negative strategies and positive strategies. The speech text was obtained from the official website of Prime Minister’s Office and was translated to English for analysis. The translated speech was subsequently checked for validity. Document analysis was used to analyse the translated speech text to determine the types and frequency of the politeness strategies. The analysis revealed that positive politeness strategies were significantly used (88%) compared to negative politeness strategies (12%). The most dominantly used positive politeness strategy was “notice and attend to the receiver’s need, interest, or want” while “use of exaggeration”, “seek agreement”, and “avoid disagreement” were the least used strategy. In contrast, “question” and “giving deference” were identified to be the most frequently used negative politeness strategy. The present study extends our knowledge on the use of politeness strategies in a political speech in an Asian setting, which is notably lacking in the literature.

Conclusions

2021 ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Jie Lu
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pertinent Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Key Questions

This chapter summarizes the empirical findings presented in the book, revisiting the theoretical framework developed throughout the book for understanding democracy’s contemporary crisis by focusing on popular conceptions of democracy. The chapter highlights the book’s theoretical and empirical contributions to pertinent literature regarding the key questions: Why is it that democracy, despite its documented popularity in societies around the world and supremacy in contemporary political discourse, appears to be in trouble. After reviewing the research findings presented in the book, the chapter draws some conclusions and presents some suggestions for future research.

Mapping queer ‘celebratory moment’ in India: necropolitics or substantive democracy?

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Pushpesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Legal Discourses ◽  
Consumer Citizenship ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Media Texts

Abstract Using the theoretical framework of queer necropolitics indicating the negation of subjecthood to trans-queer of colour while assimilating white privileged gays through homonormative gestures like marriage and domesticity in the USA, the paper compares the diverse reactions of the Indian ‘urban corporate gay’ constituency and the marginalized transgender communities following the legalization of ‘homosexuality’ in India recently. Through an analysis of social media texts from the former and reflections of the latter, I propose a ‘critical intersectionality’ to politicize the idea of queer community mobilizations in India. While critically reflecting on the limits of ‘consumer citizenship’ of the privileged gay, the paper attempts to foreground the voices of transgender ‘counterpublics’ to draw attention to and problematize the idea of ‘community’ (re)iterated through popular and legal discourses.

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