scholarly journals Le discours électoral : entre transversalité et frontières génériques

Dialogos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38/2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amadou Ouattara ADOU
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister

The electoral speech appears as an asserted genre of political discourse with its own defining criteria. However there are speeches that are hardly part of an electoral context, but which carry relevant criteria of power conquest speeches. Our analysis of former Ivorian Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly’s speech on the occasion of the Gôh region’s day of tribute to President Alassane Ouattara is intended to challenge some defining features and thus, the generic boundaries of electoral discourse.

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.

scholarly journals Language and Power Nexus: A Critical Study of Pakistani Political Discourse

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Ayyaz Qadeer ◽  
Wasima Shehzad
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
The Political ◽  
Critical View ◽  
Language And Power ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Masses

The present study presents a critical view of the speech delivered on May 09, 2011 by the prime-minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gillani. Following the language of the political discourse, this speech is delivered in the parliament house in front of the speaker, but is meant for the masses. The position of the speaker remains uniform as the questions are asked in the end alone. However, the speech is meant for both the addressee present at the time of the speech, and the assumed masses. It was found out the pronouns we, our, were constantly used to shift the responsibility on Al-Qaida whereas “I” was used for authority in order to digress the discussion from the topic. The pronouns and the vocabulary together establish the in-group or out-group category. The solidarity is shown towards the masses to get their support and defense is shown towards the allies who are accusing the government of fraud and nefarious ploy. Mystification is performed at a number of places to hide truth and claim the truth alternatively.

scholarly journals VERBAL-SEMANTIC LEVEL OF THE LANGUAGE PERSONALITY OF TERESA MEI (BASED ON THE PUBLIC SPEECHES)

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Татьяна Георгиевна Попова ◽  
Ксения Александровна Кокорина
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Vocabulary ◽  
Theresa May

Статья представляет собой исследование языковой личности Терезы Мей на вербально-семантическом уровне. Материалом анализа послужили публичные выступления политика в должности премьер-министра Великобритании в период с 2016 по 2019 гг. Авторы статьи делают вывод о том, что основу вербально-семантического уровня языковой личности Терезы Мей составляет нейтральная общеупотребительная лексика. На основании проведенного анализа было выявлено, что вербально-семантический уровень политика характеризуется обилием общеполитической лексики тематики Brexit. В статье также подчеркивается, что в своих политических выступлениях Тереза Мей активно использует военную терминологию, эмоционально-оценочную лексику и лексические повторы. The article represents a study of the language personality of Theresa May at the verbal-semantic level in the modern political discourse. The material of the study is based on the public speaking material of Theresa May as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 2016 to 2019. It has been established that the basis of the verbal-semantic level of the language personality of Teresa May represents neutral vocabulary. According to the analysis, it was revealed that the verbal-semantic level is characterized by the presence of political vocabulary, which includes political terms, references, lexical units related to the Brexit theme. In addition, the distinctive features are the use of military terminology, emotionally-evaluative vocabulary, means of expressing confidence and lexical repetitions

Thin and thick narrative analysis

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaul R. Shenhav
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
White House ◽  
Short Statement ◽  
Political Narrative ◽  
Dual Perspective ◽  
Spatial Construction ◽  
Level Of Analysis

The article explores how we can define the concept of political narrative and looks at the implications in terms of analyzing political discourse. The examination of the various strategies used to define narrative, leads to the suggestion that, at least in the context of political narrative analysis, we need structural definitions that stress the barest minimum for terming a message a narrative. Basing on the proposed strategy to define narrative, the article suggests that narrative analysis should operate on two levels: the “thin” level and the “thick” level. The thin level relates to events and situations described in a discourse and their order of appearance in the text. “Thick level” of analysis, relates to everything included in the “narration” and the relation between the components of the thin narrative. The article examines these two levels of analysis in the context of a short statement by Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, at a photo opportunity in the White House. The analysis demonstrates how to apply a combination of thin and thick analysis to political discourse, and how this dual perspective makes a contribution to the study of spatial construction in narratives.

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.

Italy: reformers without reforms?

Modern Italy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-499
Author(s):  
Anna Cento Bull ◽  
Gian Luca Gardini
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
First Century ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Silvio Berlusconi ◽  
Key Questions

At the end of 2009, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced that 2010 would be the year of reforms in Italy (Il Sole 24 Ore, 26 December 2009). Indeed Mr Berlusconi and the question of institutional reforms have been the crucial elements of Italian political discourse and debate in recent years. However, while much has been said and written about the former, a number of key questions still beg to be answered about the latter. First of all, what reforms are we talking about? Are these a specific package of institutional engineering or are they, rather, an eye-catching and consensus-building yet still diffused set of aspirations? In either case, what vision of twenty-first-century Italy do they reflect or propose? Is there consensus enough – within and across parliamentary coalitions – on what the priorities ought to be and how they should be tackled?

scholarly journals “We believe in democracy…”: Epistemic Modality in Justin Trudeau’s Political Speeches

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Tofan Dwi Hardjanto ◽  
Nala Mazia
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Epistemic Modality ◽  
Auxiliary Verbs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Word Classes ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
Discourse Functions

This article investigates epistemic modality in political discourse. It focuses on modality markers in terms of their word classes, semantic meanings and discourse functions in political speeches. The data were taken from three speeches delivered by the 23rd Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The results show that the markers found in the three speeches are of five different types, i.e., lexical verbs, modal adjectives, modal adverbs, modal auxiliary verbs and modal nouns, with meanings ranging from possibility, probability, to certainty. The markers also indicate the speaker’s commitment whose degree reflects the function in the social context. The speaker’s commitment is divided into three degrees of engagement, each of which serves as a means to be polite, to be diplomatic, and to be persuasive. The findings suggest that Trudeau tends to use reasonable judgment expressions to sound diplomatic and persuasive in his 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.

The benefits of narratology in the analysis of multimodal legitimation: The case of New Democracy

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Chaidas
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Advertisements ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
New Democracy ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Legislative Election

Previous studies on legitimation, multimodality and political discourse by researchers, such as Van Leeuwen, Van Dijk and Mackay, have suggested different but supplementary methods of legitimation analysis by providing a number of analytical frameworks. Multimodal legitimation research, however, seems to be in need of a better conflation of the theoretical backgrounds of disciplines, such as narratology. This article focuses on the multimodal discourse of three political advertisements of the political party New Democracy, filmed for the needs of the Greek legislative election of January 2015. What is investigated is the multimodal means by which New Democracy’s president, and Prime Minister at the time, Antonis Samaras attempted to legitimise his candidacy. In this article, I use the six-layer framework proposed by Mackay for multimodal legitimation analyses and I argue that multimodal legitimation research can benefit and get enhanced from the use of narratology and its analytical categories, such as perspective.

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