scholarly journals Critical Discourse and Event Semantics Analyses of D. Trump’s Statement on the Armenian Genocide

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2 (18)) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Sona Hakobyan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
Event Semantics ◽  
Structure Approach ◽  
Causative Constructions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us

The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the US President D. Trump’s statement on the Armenian Genocide. Our research is based on some principles of the discourse analytical theories covering the fields of semantics, pragmatics and political discourse. Critical Discourse Analysis is applied for analyzing political discourse and mostly studies the way social power abuse, dominance, and inequality are enacted, reproduced, and resisted by text and talk in the social and political context. As for the event semantics analysis we employ the socalled Event Structure Approach focusing on causative constructions which refer to predicates formed by a combination of a causative event and an underlying predicate. Hence, two types of linguistic theories are applied for enclosing the hidden subtexts of the president’s intentions along with maneuvering strategies.

scholarly journals ԱՄՆ ՔԱՂԱՔԱԿԱՆ ԽՈՍՈՒՅԹՈՒՄ ԿԻՐԱՌՎԱԾ ՓՈԽԱԲԵՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ՔՆՆԱԿԱՆ ՈՒՍՈՒՄՆԱՍԻՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ (ՀԱՅՈՑ ՑԵՂԱՍՊԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՎԵՐԱԲԵՐՅԱԼ ՈՒՂԵՐՁՆԵՐԻ ՀԻՄԱՆ ՎՐԱ)/CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR APPLIED IN THE US POLITICAL DISCOURSE (ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE)/ КРИТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ МЕТАФОР, ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМЫХ В АМЕРИКАНСКОМ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОМ ДИСКУРСЕ (НА ОСНОВЕ ПОСЛАНИЙ В СВЯЗИ С ГЕНОЦИДОМ АРМЯН)

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-183
Author(s):  
Sona Hakobyan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
American English ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
Conceptual Metaphor Theory ◽  
The Us ◽  
Metaphor Theory ◽  
Critical Approaches

The article is a critical analysis of metaphors applied in the US political discourse in line with the Armenian Genocide. The article keenly touches upon the method of “Critical approaches to metaphor” and Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) in the context of US ideology and its evasive policy on Armenian Genocide recognition. Correspondingly, the study is a corpus analysis with the data of the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Corpus studies of metaphor meticulously outline the intentions of the US presidents on the Armenian Genocide along with the motives of valuing the events of 1915 though the representation of conceptual metaphors.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Media’s Role in the 2008 Economic Recession

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

The purpose of this Major Research Paper (MRP) is to explore the 2008 economic recession and the unprecedented collapse of the American economy triggered by the mortgage market that affected individuals and corporations. One of the objectives of this work is to identify the key actors who prompted the economic crisis and how they influenced the public perception of investing in the housing that led to bankruptcy for millions. Another objective is to identify the media’s role in the recession and some of the key lessons learned in how they could have mitigated the crisis. This MRP will undertake a critical discourse analysis built on the seminal work of theorists (e.g., Van Dijk (1977), and Fairclough (1985) to analyze media communications during the recession. Critical discourse analysis would be used as a theory given it examines the interaction between the abuse of social power, dominance and inequality perpetuated by institutions through text and conversation in the social and political context (Wodok and Myers, 2001).

scholarly journals “THERE IS NO WHITE FLAG AND NO CHANCE OF GOING TO JAIL!” THE VIOLENT RELATIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND CRIMINALS IN FACÇÃO CENTRAL’S RAP SONGS

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Bruno de Souza Lessa ◽  
Ana Clara Aparecida Alves de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Urban Violence ◽  
Structural Element ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper analyzes the relationship between police brutality and its repercussion in the narratives exposed by Brazilian rappers in their lyrics. The central argument is that such violence is not a consequence or a cause for the phenomenon, but a structural element in the dynamics of urban violence. Such violence is essential for establishing the “Us VS. Them”, logic that objectifies itself in the feuds between police officers and criminals, expressed by the lyrics scrutinized here. Methodologically, the historical-discursive approach of Critical Discourse Analysis was employed. The analytical basis were the procedures suggested for text analysis and the focus of the investigation was the lyrics from the rap band Facção Central. The recursive relation between criminals and police officers was highlighted, in which violence functions as a mediating instrument. Violence between these groups emerges as a solidary element, i.e., it is the social cement providing cohesion to the interaction between these groups.

scholarly journals ZOHRI BECOMES WORLD CHAMPION RUN 100 U-20 IN FINLAND, RED-WHITE FLAG CONTROVERSY IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmah Nursira ◽  
Rafi'ah Nur
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Online News ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
Responsibility Of Government ◽  
World Champion ◽  
Further Development

The present critical discourse analysis investigated opinion about the red-white flag controversy when Zohri became world Champion run 100 U-20 in Finlad of the social media, such as: YouTube, Facebook as well as Online News. Theoretical framework of this study is imbedden within Van Dijk’s sociocognitive approach to understanding media influence in reproduction of prejudice and stereotypes. The analysis revels that red-white flag controversy is evaluated negatively. In addition, the number of evaluations with implied negative meanings increased over the opinion some famous people. By focusing on the responsibility of government didn't care athletics, this study contributes to further development of the theories about relationship athletic and social power.

scholarly journals A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MOHAMAD NASIR’S SPEECH

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-282
Author(s):  
Ni Putu Santhi Widiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
National Education ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Everyday Communication ◽  
Educational Field ◽  
Better Than

ABSTRACT Discourse is a unit of language in which its form is longer than a sentence including the vast majority of everyday communication; in addition, it ussually employes specific kinds of language as well as infromation structures to deliver specific purposes. In order to identify the structure and purpose of a discourse, the present research employed Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyze an educational speech in May 2nd, 2016 delivered by the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education, Mohamad Nasir in the celebration of the National Education Day of Indonesia. The result of the analysis showed how the speech was constructed in form of macrostructure, superstructure, and microstructure revealed how the social power was used by symbolic elites to invite all parties in educational field to join together in reforming educational system of Indonesia to be better than what had been conducted by previous partisans in the past. Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA); Indonesian Ministry’s speech; educational speech; National Education Day

scholarly journals WHO ARE AMERICANS? ANALYSIS OF OBAMA AND TRUMP’S POLITICAL SPEECHES ON IMMIGRATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Sonia Tinshe ◽  
Junaidi Junaidi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Political ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
American Society

Immigration has been a crucial discussion in the American politics ever since the nation was still writing its constitution. Seeing how immigrants have shaped the American society, it is important to see how they are perceived, as minorities, by significant political figures, such as the president. The objective of this paper is to understand the ideology behind Obama and Trump’s political speeches about immigration, as well as its relevance to the political discourse and social context in America. Five political speeches from Obama (2009-2014), as well as two political speeches from Trump (2016-2017) are analyzed, as the primary data, using Critical Discourse Analysis, particularly Fairclough’s (1993) three-dimensional framework. The finding shows that Obama’s and Trump’s ideology on immigration is related with their idea of the immigrant’s identity in American society. It is shown through their word choice, such as pejorative adjective, and the theme related with the issue of immigration. Seen from the political discourse, the speeches are showing perceived superiority that the presidents have over immigrants. Moreover, from the social perspective, it dehumanizes and reduces the identity of immigrants.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Media’s Role in the 2008 Economic Recession

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

The purpose of this Major Research Paper (MRP) is to explore the 2008 economic recession and the unprecedented collapse of the American economy triggered by the mortgage market that affected individuals and corporations. One of the objectives of this work is to identify the key actors who prompted the economic crisis and how they influenced the public perception of investing in the housing that led to bankruptcy for millions. Another objective is to identify the media’s role in the recession and some of the key lessons learned in how they could have mitigated the crisis. This MRP will undertake a critical discourse analysis built on the seminal work of theorists (e.g., Van Dijk (1977), and Fairclough (1985) to analyze media communications during the recession. Critical discourse analysis would be used as a theory given it examines the interaction between the abuse of social power, dominance and inequality perpetuated by institutions through text and conversation in the social and political context (Wodok and Myers, 2001).

scholarly journals Social Power: The Gap Between Majority and Minority Groups in Martin Luther King Jr.’S Speeches

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Sylvia Christy Hendarto
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Martin Luther King

This study examines the social power between majority and minority group as represented in Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches. It investigates social power further into types of social power used, and how the gap between majority group and minority group is reflected in the speeches. Critical discourse analysis with socio cognitive approach was applied. The data were taken from three speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”, “Our God is Marching On”, and “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”. The result revealed that there were several types of social power appeared in the speeches. The finding on the gap between majority and minority group is reflected in their social status and roles in society.

scholarly journals WHO ARE AMERICANS? ANALYSIS OF OBAMA AND TRUMP’S POLITICAL SPEECHES ON IMMIGRATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Sonia Tinshe ◽  
Junaidi Junaidi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Political ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
American Society

Immigration has been a crucial discussion in the American politics ever since the nation was still writing its constitution. Seeing how immigrants have shaped the American society, it is important to see how they are perceived, as minorities, by significant political figures, such as the president. The objective of this paper is to understand the ideology behind Obama and Trump’s political speeches about immigration, as well as its relevance to the political discourse and social context in America. Five political speeches from Obama (2009-2014), as well as two political speeches from Trump (2016-2017) are analyzed, as the primary data, using Critical Discourse Analysis, particularly Fairclough’s (1993) three-dimensional framework. The finding shows that Obama’s and Trump’s ideology on immigration is related with their idea of the immigrant’s identity in American society. It is shown through their word choice, such as pejorative adjective, and the theme related with the issue of immigration. Seen from the political discourse, the speeches are showing perceived superiority that the presidents have over immigrants. Moreover, from the social perspective, it dehumanizes and reduces the identity of immigrants.

Stereotyping in representing the “Chinese Dream” in news reports by CNN and BBC

Semiotica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (226) ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
Jiayu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Chinese Dream ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Chinese Dream ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

AbstractThis paper examines how the slogan of the “Chinese Dream” is represented in two western news reports on the CNN and the BBC websites. They are among the first news reports which introduce the “Chinese Dream” into the US and the UK, respectively. The analysis of both the verbal news texts and the visuals shows that the reporters use different discursive strategies to manipulate the ideological orientation of the social actors and social actions in discourse. Through the analysis, this study shows how different discursive resources conceptualized in Theo van Leeuwen’s work, Discourse and practice: New tools for critical discourse analysis, are used to stereotype “the other’s” politics and political discourse in BBC and CNN’s news texts, and perpetuate a Eurocentric view on perceiving contemporary Chinese political discourse.

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