scholarly journals Critical Discourse Analysis of an Episode of All India Radio Program “Mann Ki Baat” by Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Dr. Sandhya et al., Dr. Sandhya et al., ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Radio Program

‘A long, narrow and uphill road’: The representation of Turkey–EEC/EU relations in the Turkish newspapers Cumhuriyet and Hürriyet (1959–2019)

2021 ◽  
pp. 026732312199951
Author(s):  
Ayça Demet Atay
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Front Page ◽  
The European Union ◽  
News Discourse

Turkey’s membership process to the European Union has been a ‘long, narrow and uphill road’, as former Turkish Prime Minister, and later President, Turgut Özal once stated. This study analyses the representation of the European Union–Turkey negotiation process in the Turkish newspapers Cumhuriyet and Hürriyet from 1959 to 2019 with the aim of understanding the changing meaning of ‘Europe’ and the ‘European Union’ in Turkish news discourse. There is comprehensive literature on the representation of Turkey’s membership process in the European press. This article aims to contribute to the field by assessing the representation of the same process from a different angle. For this purpose, Cumhuriyet and Hürriyet newspapers’ front page coverage of selected 10 key dates in the European Union–Turkey relations is analysed through critical discourse analysis.

scholarly journals A Contrastive Critical Discourse Analysis of Netanyahu’s and Abbas's Speeches on the Gaza War (2014)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa’ G. Rababah ◽  
Jihad M. Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly

This study provides a contrastive critical discourse analysis of the speeches of the Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the United Nations General Assembly regarding the Gaza War (2014). The analysis explores the representation of the “Self” and the “Other” in relation to the war. Van Dijk’s ‘Ideological Square’ theory is adopted to explore the group polarization of Us versus Them dichotomy. Moreover Halliday’s Systematic Functional Grammar is utilized in the analysis to study how the polarization of the “Self” and “Other” is constructed via particular grammatical transitivity choices. The results indicated that the representation of the “Self” and “Other” in the speeches reflects two different opposing ideologically-governed perspectives on the Gaza conflict. Both speakers present the “Self” as ‘strong’, ‘human’ and ‘honorable’ in contrast to the “Other” that is deemed to be a ‘dire threat’ and an ‘agent of destruction’.

scholarly journals Editorial

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Aileen Moreton-Robinson ◽  
Maggie Walter ◽  
David Singh
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
Indigenous Australia ◽  
The Social ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Indigenous Perspective

This edition is marked by a strong Antipodean focus. The first three articles bring a critical Indigenous perspective to areas previously cosseted by Western understandings. Robyn Moore, using critical discourse analysis, takes Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s 2011 ‘Closing the Gap’ speech to task for naturalising Indigenous Australia’s position on the wrong side of the social and economic ‘gap’. She argues that, far from accepting white culpability, Gillard instead polishes cultural deficit understandings of Indigenous disadvantage by framing the social and economic divide in meritocratic terms. In so doing, Moore further argues, Gillard casts a benevolent light upon white Australia.

‘Saying sorry’ in Turkey

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Efe ◽  
Bernhard Forchtner
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
National Narratives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach

Dominant self-complacent national narratives (not only) in Turkey have long silenced past wrongdoings. Among these, the massacre of thousands of Kurds in Dersim during the 1930s, being part of the wider suppression of the Kurdish minority until the present day, is a particularly significant example. However, against the background of an almost global emphasis on recognising past crimes, the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, offered an apology on 23 November 2011. Erdoğan’s unexpected move has been both viewed as an opportunity for a more inclusive understanding of Turkish citizenship, as well as criticised for being a calculated manoeuvre in order to sideline political opponents. In this article, we investigate both this performance and its public reception. Drawing on the discourse-historical approach to critical discourse analysis, we ultimately illustrate how Erdoğan instrumentalised an ‘apology’ for political gain.

scholarly journals Micro Structure in Shinzo Abe's Policy Speech at the 195th Assembly Meeting (Critical Discourse of Teun A. van Dijk)

IZUMI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Lina Rosliana ◽  
Fajar Mahardika
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
General Election ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Micro Structure

Speech is a way of expressing ideas in the form of words or discourse that is prepared to be spoken in front of the audience. Speech contains a message that is tailored to the situation when the orator delivers the speech. In addition to the message to be conveyed, the ideology and thoughts of an orator are also reflected in his speech. Therefore, an orator must have expertise in delivering his speech.This research is aims to determine the purpose and background of the Shinzo Abe Policy Speech at the 195th Session of Diet. The speech was delivered by Abe after he was re-elected as Prime Minister of Japan after the general election on October 22, 2017.Researcher used the critical discourse analysis of Teun A. van Dijk's model to dissect the ideology contained in the speech to focus on text analysis. Based on the results of this research, it can be interpreted implicit meanings in the text through linguistic elements, such as tematic, skematic, semantic, sintaxs, stilistic, and retoric.

scholarly journals The Representation of Palestinian and Israeli Communities in Cameron’s Speech: A critical Discourse Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Amaal Kamal Al. Farra
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Functional Importance ◽  
Language And Power ◽  
Linguistic Categories ◽  
The Way

One of the main functions of critical discourse analysis (CDA) is to connect the linguistic categories to the ideological functions. The way Palestinians and Israelis are represented ideologically and grammatically are taken into account in this current study. The interpretation between ideology and discourse are considered within the scope of critical discourse analysis. The present study follows the method of CDA for its functional importance in the field of discourse analysis. To achieve that, the researcher adopts the CDA framework which is stated by Fairchough in his book “language and power” as it is a systematic and helpful way in the analysis. It has three dimensions; description, interpretation and explanation. Following his framework, the researcher tries to shed the light on grammatical, linguistic and social relational features, as well as micro and macro analysis. The selected data is the speech of Cameron, the Prime Minister of Britain, to the Knesset in 2014. The researcher tries to spot the representations of both Palestinian and Israeli communities in his speech. This study aims to investigate if his speech is neutral or it contains any bias. The results show that most of Cameron’s representations are used to support the Israeli community rather than the Palestinian community.

scholarly journals Persuasion and Mind Control in Leadership Discourse: A Socio-Cognitive Approach towards Selected Political Speeches

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-19
Author(s):  
Farzana Masroor ◽  
Sidra Shaikh ◽  
Safa Marwa ◽  
Saman Afzaal
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Mind Control ◽  
Political Speeches

Political leaders frequently engage with masses to fulfil their political agenda. For this purpose, language serves as a vital tool in the hands of politicians and that is mostly noticeable in political speeches made on various public forums. Taking into account the significance of such speeches for moving the masses in their favour, the present study carries out a critical discourse analysis of politician and current Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speeches for uncovering the strategies adopted for such purposes. The researchers have chosen three speeches of the politician from three different eras, such as the protest era, pre-election era, and the post-election era. These eras have been categorized following stratified sampling technique. The lens of critical discourse analysis has been applied to the speeches using van Dijk’s (1993) socio-cognitive approach. The analysis focuses on the use of strategies such as mind control, rhetoric art, argumentative move, emotional attachment and historical distortion. The results have attributed Imran Khan’s rise to the position of Prime Minister to his strategic and manipulative political discourse in his speeches. His primary focus remained on controlling the mind of the youth which has been achieved through the use of above-mentioned strategies in multiple ways. This research is significant as it creates awareness as well as consciousness in the public regarding rhetorical strategies adopted by political leaders such as Imran Khan to exercise mind control and mould public opinion in their favour.

How Does A Prime Minister Speak?

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Craig
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Political Subjectivity ◽  
Public Figures

This paper investigates how political subjectivity is framed and expressed through language use in television political interviews. The paper argues that Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and field provide a useful framework for analyses of political subjectivity in news media interviews, but it also argues that the more sociological emphasis of Bourdieu’s theory cannot sufficiently account for the constitutive importance of discourse in the agency of the habitus and the boundaries and authority of different fields. As such, the analysis also draws on critical discourse analysis to demonstrate how Prime Ministerial discourse involves negotiations of different constitutive features of an individual subjectivity, and also negotiations between a particular habitus and the exigencies of the journalistic and political fields. Through an analysis of interviews of former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on influential Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) programmes, Insiders and the 7.30 Report, it is argued that the Prime Minister attempts to exercise political authority through an ensemble of discourses, initiating different relations with the interviewers, political colleagues and opponents, leading public figures in other fields, and the Australian public.

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