A discourse analysis of national identity in Nigerian stand-up humour

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-338
Author(s):  
Ibukun Filani
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Identity Mapping ◽  
Stand Up Comedy ◽  
Political Events

This article explores the comedic construction of national identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. By national identity, I mean collective perspectives on the sociopolitical and cultural realities of postcolonial Nigeria. While critical discourse analysis provided the framework for interpretation, data was derived from purposively sampled recorded videos of Nigerian stand-up comedians. Such collective perspectives are constructed when a comedian indexes cultural/political events and situations in a monologue. The investigation reveals four identity mapping strategies: performing (non)theatrical identities, using the comedy voice to indicate multiple identities, constructing a trickster identity and constructing a resilient spirit identity. These strategies entail foregrounding assumptions about the Nigerian state and using language in a strategic way to indicate sociopolitical and cultural realities.

scholarly journals Ideological and Lexical Deviance of Western Media in Reflecting Socio-political Events of Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Saadia Fatima ◽  
Muhammad Uzair
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
War On Terrorism ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Discourse Practices ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Discourse Practice ◽  
Western Media

The research in hand has the objectives to analyse how ideologies are expressed through discourse practices in Western media; how a discourse practice and a linguistic strategy in terms of lexical choices are employed in portraying ideologies in media about Pakistan. Grounded on the theoretical framework of Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach of critical discourse analysis and model of Ideology which is the most appropriate to study media discourse, the data will be analysed qualitatively. The method of the current research is critical discourse analysis. The research revolves around the Pakistani socio-political events in Western media from the perspective of a global issue that is a war on terrorism. The research has objectives to investigate what and how Western media has used lexical choices to depict a certain ideology about Pakistan to the world. 

The role of mythical European heritage in the construction of Colombian national identity

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Ruiseco ◽  
Thomas Slunecko
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Inaugural Speech ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach

Following the discourse-historical approach to Critical Discourse Analysis (Wodak, de Cilia, Reisigl and Liebhart 1999; Wodak 2001), we analyze the inaugural speech of the actual president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, which he delivered on August 7th, 2002 in Bogotá. We take this speech as an illustration for the construction of national identity by the Colombian elites. In our analysis, we are particularly interested in Uribe’s strategy of referring to the European heritage and in his ways of appeasing the cultural and ethnic differences of the population.

Equality, Democracy, Monogamy: Discourses of Canadian Nation Building in the 2010–2011 British Columbia Polygamy Reference

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Sweet
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Equality Rights ◽  
Women's Equality

Abstract This article examines how the 2010-2011 Reference re s 293, which considered the constitutionality of the polygamy prohibition, contributed to nation building discourses in Canada. A critical discourse analysis demonstrates that traditional views of monogamous marriage remain an important tenet of nation building in Canada. Discourses in the reference portrayed monogamous marriage as a central national institution and as a means of safeguarding women’s equality rights. These discourses, in turn, had racialized consequences for defining Canadian national identity.

scholarly journals Investigating Representation Ethos Émotif in 2007 French Presidential Election

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2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Aprillia Firmonasari ◽  
Rosidin Ali Syabana
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Interactional Sociolinguistics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Reaction ◽  
French National Identity ◽  
Nicolas Sarkozy

The issue of immigration became prominent in French political discourse in 2005 that leads to debate about France and nationalism. During the lead-up to the 2007 French Presidential election, various concepts of a French national identity were promoted by candidates: Nicolas Sarkozy, Ségolene Royal, François Bayrou, and Jean-Marie Le Pen. Candidates gave particular attention to ethos, specifically ethos émotif. In this article, the researcher will characterize the ethos émotif presented by the four candidates mentioned above. The ethos will be then examined whether it were successfully embodied in these candidates' speeches by investigating the public reaction they received based on articles published in the French media. This research will apply a critical discourse analysis and interactional sociolinguistics approach using elements of interaction formulated by Stébe (2008) and Kerbrat-Orecchioni (1990). Data will be classified using the software LEXICO 3.

The omnivore at home and abroad: The value to the state of food tourism discourse of diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Duffy ◽  
Annabel Pang
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
High Status ◽  
State Control ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Food Tourism

While a discourse of difference has routinely been used as a marker of national identity, such an approach is premised on exclusion. By contrast, this article considers how inclusion or diversity may be employed in nation-building discourse, and its impact on the citizenry, as embodied in the omnivore ‐ one who appreciates a wide range of cultural artefacts and, in doing so, evokes a high status. Using a Verstehen approach to critical discourse analysis, we analyse one kind of state media ‐ the Singapore Tourism Board’s food-related webpages ‐ to assess how they represent citizens and tourists as culinary omnivores, and how this may be interpreted to reveal mechanisms of hegemonic state control.

Recontextualisation of Beijing’s voice: A critical discourse analysis of hegemony and resistance in Hong Kong political discourse

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 540-561
Author(s):  
Toby Wing-Chun Ng
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Alternative Representation ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Press

This study adopts critical discourse analysis (CDA) to examine the recontextualisation of Beijing’s voice in Hong Kong’s governance. Using Beijing’s interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law in 2016, which triggered a by-election in 2018, as the case, this article analyses two texts produced by two social actors: the press conference in response to Beijing’s interpretation by the Hong Kong government and an election flyer by a pro-democracy candidate, complemented by a corpus analysis of pro-Beijing newspapers reporting the incident. The findings show that the local government drew upon Beijing’s voice to help create a dominant representation of the Beijing–Hong Kong relations and thus hegemonised Hong Kong political discourse which influenced other social domains, such as newspapers and elections. The pro-democracy camp, as the resistance to the hegemony, drew upon Beijing’s voice to create an alternative representation to secure votes during the by-election. This article then proposes a model which could comprehend Beijing’s role in Hong Kong’s political events, of creating and perpetuating the tension between the hegemony and resistance in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Power of Sakdiyah Ma’Ruf in Stand-Up Comedy Through Appraisal Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Rahmi Fatmawati ◽  
Setyo Prasiyanto Cahyono ◽  
Setyo Prasiyanto Cahyono
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Stand Up Comedy ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This thesis is entitled “Power of Sakdiyah Ma’ruf in Stand-Up Comedy through Appraisal Approach”. There are two objectives in this study: to describe the Appraisal system of Attitude and to analyze the realization of power in Sakdiyah Ma’ruf stand-up comedy at TEDxUbud on May 2016. The analysis is based on the theory of appraisal by Martin and White (2005) and critical discourse analysis, especially power by Fairclough (1989). The researcher used descriptive qualitative method to describe the realization of Appraisal’s Attitude and power of each utterances of the written transcription of the video of Sakdiyah Ma’ruf’s stand-up comedy. The researcher found that there are 35 Appraisal system of Attitude which consist of 6 affect (17.14%), 13 judgment (37.14%) and 16 appreciation (45.71%). In terms of gradability, there are 2 low-graded of attitude, 15 medium-graded of attitude and 18 high-graded on. The researcher uses the gradability system of attitude to consider the power of the speaker in her stand-up comedy. Sakdiyah use more than 50% of high-graded attitude which means that she shows herself as a powerful person and has higher position than the hearer.

Talking “race” through 1Malaysia in editorials

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Varghese ◽  
Kamila Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
English Language ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Actors

This study focuses on the discussion of 1Malaysia, Malaysia’s latest national blueprint for unity and identity, in the New Straits Times (NST), Malaysia’s oldest and state-owned English language print media. We examine the means by which NST has constructed the latest political venture in forging a national identity, while negotiating the various challenges to such an undertaking. Employing the critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach, we look at distinctive nomination and predication patterns as well as the occurrence of high and low factuality. This is conducted primarily through an analysis of social actors, their predication and modality to show how these contribute to the construction of the 1Malaysia ideology. Findings suggest that the signifier of 1Malaysia serves not only as a reference point for discussing subjects of concern to reformists, but also provides opportunities for the newspaper to hold institutions to account.

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