Journal of pragmatics 21 1994 339383 339 northholland a pragmatic analysis of the use of person deixis in political discourse yaeljanette zupnik received march 1992. The aim of this paper is to analyze different albanian political speeches according to the viewpoint of discourse markers, as a crucial element of discourse analysis and pragmatics. A critical discourse analysis of president mugabes 2002 address to the world. Separately, both interdisciplinary fields have recently received increasing attention, but unfortunately the connection. Discourse, critical discourse analysis, speech, and political speech introduction politics pertains to the process of struggling for power according to bayram, 2010. Discourse analysis of the political speeches of the ousted arab presidents during the arab spring revolution uing halliday and hasans framework of cohesion wala almajali abstract this study is designed to explore the salient linguistic features of the political speeches of the ousted arab presidents during the arab spring revolution. Critical discourse analysis of thai pms political speeches aired on. In the light of hallidays ideational grammatical metaphor, rhetoric and critical discourse analysis, the major objectives of this study are to investigate and analyze barack obamas 2012 five speeches, which amount to 19383 words, from the point of frequency and functions of nominalization, rhetorical strategies, passivization and modality, in.
The language we use both reflects and shapes the kind of world we create around us. Background the idea of political discourse analysis had been approached by different disciplines from different perspectives. Sharndama federal university, wukari faculty of humanities, management and social sciences department of english and literary studies. Innervate leading undergraduate work in english studies, volume 5 201220, pp. Application of critical discourse analysis in media. Thus, a central aim of critical discourse analysis lies in revealing the means by which language is deployed to maintain power. Our analysis is grounded in norman faircloughs assumptions in critical discourse analysis, claiming that ideologies reside in texts that it is not. It may be suggested that the codes and symbols of political discourse must be explored to make it easy for the common people pdf persuasion and political discourse. According to scaffner, political discourse results from politics and fulfils different political functions due to its different political activities. Wenden abstract this paper focuses on the role of language in social life, specifically on discourse as the focus of political struggle, i. Deixis in olusegun obasanjos speeches akinbiyi adetunji oyo state college of education, nigeria abstract this study examines the use of deixis for personal, spatial and temporal anchorage of political discourse. A critical discourse analysis of donald trumps facesaving tactics aaron taylor critical discourse analysis is a relatively new approach to the study of discourse that seeks to understand how language use and societal structures such as power and the resulting inequality arise and are reinforced from the interactions. Adopting an inclusive conception of politics and discourse, i consider the relationship between pda and critical discourse analysis cda. Critically analyses the inaugural speech of president muhammadu.
Language has been used to change peoples awareness and thought. Cda is first introduced by the significant works of. Politics is a struggle for power in order to put specific political, economic and social ideas into practice that is crucially played by language. Applying critical discourse analysis as a conceptual. Critical discourse analysis of martin luther kings speech in socio. A critical discourse analysis of selected inaugural speeches of the 2015 nigerias gubernatorial inaugurals emmanuel c. The general purpose of this qualitative study employing critical discourse analysis was to examine the. Application of critical discourse analysis in media discourse studies renugah ramanathan. Thus, politicians make use of their political speeches to create and transform peoples awareness by implicitly imposing their own ideology through language or their political. Critical discourse analysis of prime ministers speeches. Critical discourse analysis of martin luther kings speech.
Data for the study was drawn from selected representative excerpts resident in donald trumps announcement speech. The function and importance of discourse markers in. Firstly, there will be given several definitions of different linguists about discourse markers as well as the role they play in discourse analysis. Because this study aims at analysing speeches of a political nature, it is a must to introduce some important information about the definition of political discourse analysis and how political speeches and even texts can be analysed, taking into consideration that analysing political texts is dubbed in. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. The article presents the critical discourse analysis cda of the first part of king martin luthers speech when i have a dream in sociopolitical context.
A critical discourse analysis of president muhammadu buharis inaugural speech emmanuel c. Given the enormous domestic and global significance of the said speech in times of international economic turmoil it is crucial to decipher ideological traits typical. Critical discourse analysis of obamas political discourse. Our analysis is grounded in norman faircloughs assumptions in critical discourse. Proceedings of the 1st annual international conference on language and literature, 1819 april 2018, fakultas sastra, uisu, medan, indonesia.
Critical discourse analysis of barack obamas first inaugural speech. A critical discourse analysis of president mugabes 2002. Working within a linguistics framework, critical discourse analysis cda, in particular fairclough fairclough 1989, 1995a, 1995b. The topic of language and ideology has increasingly gained importance in the linguistic sciences. A critical discourse analysis of how radical nick cleggs. Critical discourse analysis of gender stereotypes in politics in media. Applying critical discourse analysis in translation of. Pdf critical discourse analysis of political speeches.
The study investigates how it lies on the basis of application of fairclough version of cda in the first part of the text. The analysis of political discourse, understood in the broadest sense as the analysis of written, oral, audiovisual or other forms of communication that explicitly or implicitly carry political ideas, has a long tradition in the social sciences and the humanities. There is the need to investigate how texts reproduce and sustain power and unequal power relations in campaign texts and how ideological or political undertone was projected in gubernatorial campaign speeches. Critical discourse analysis of a political speech superb. The critical period in discourse analysis emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000s in the field of applied linguistics drawing upon a variety of analytical frameworks and approaches. Systemic functional linguistics was used as an adjunct. The task is designed to assess the extent to which you have met the module objectives. This analysis, on the one hand magnifies the hidden ideologies of the st, and on the other hand, may be used as a yardstick to asses and evaluate the tt produced by the translator. Varieties and methods abstract this paper presents and analyses six key approaches to discourse analysis, including political discourse theory, rhetorical political analysis, the discourse historical approach in critical discourse analysis, interpretive policy analysis, discursive psychology and q methodology. Intrdtn h ppr ll xplr rpn t th nl nv tn wht ltl r anl. Political speeches of some african leaders from linguistic. Discourse analysis, political speeches, critical analysis, african leaders i.
Relating politics, cognition and discourse the aim of this chapter is to explore some of the relations between political discourse and political cognition. Intd f bn nrtv, n th r f ntn t prrb ht pltl dr nl hld b, t rthr t b prrt n nthr, r nltl, nd tr t prvd nr. A critical discourse analysis of an aljazeera special report anita l. Discourse analysis and speech, language and hearing. Cda is a type of discourse analysis research that primarily studies the way social power abuse, dominance, and inequality are enacted, reproduced, and resisted by text and talk in social and political contexts van dijk, 2004, p. Political discourse and political cognition teun a. What lies underneath a political speech critical discourse. The focal point of discourse analysis da is any form of written or spoken language, such as political speeches. A ritical iscourse study of illary lintons 20152016. Pdf president rodrigo roa dutertes political speeches.
A ritical iscourse study of illary lintons 20152016 presidential campaign discourses. It examines the role of language in speeches, and how it can be used to challenge or reinforce prevailing social, cultural and political attitudes. Political speeches are many just as political forums and events are. A critical discourse analysis of barack obamas speeches. Political discourse analysis integrates analysis of arguments into critical discourse analysis and political discourse analysis. Discourse theory and political analysis edited by david r. The study was anchored on the theoretic underpinnings of critical discourse analysis. Through the analysis of current events, including a partic ular focus on the economic crisis and political responses to it, the authors provide a systematic and rigorous analytical framework that can be adopted.
The general aim of critical linguistics is the exploration of the mechanisms of power which establish inequality, through the systematic analysis of political discourse written or oral. A critical discourse analysis of barack obama speeches vis. The article presents the critical discourse analysis cda of the first part of king martin luthers speech when i. Political speech is the sample from the verbal communication. The study uses critical discourse analysis to examine the role of language in creating and sustaining power. It is thematic because its topics are primarily related to politics such as. Abstractthe critical discourse analysis is often applied to analyze political discourse including the public speech, in which the speaker wins favorite response. Critical discourse analysis is a tool to unmask those inserted ideologies and put real intensions and ideas behind those utterances in front of.
Our concern in this paper is the linguistic perspective of political discourse. This paper examines the persuasive strategies of president obamas public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same, enshrined in his inaugural address. A critical discourse analysis of president barack hussein obama. Sharndama faculty of humanities, management and social sciences department of english and literary studies taraba state of nigeria abstract. In this accessible new textbook, isabela and norman fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse. Pdf critical discourse analysis of barack obamas first. Introducing discourse theory and political analysis david howarth and yannis stavrakakis this book responds to the explosion of interest in the concept of discourse and discourse analysis in the humanities and the social sciences.
Pdf one of the main functions of critical discourse analysis cda is to chain linguistic categories to ideological functions. Full text of critical discourse analysis of barack obama. A critical discourse analysis of speeches of bush and obama on terrorism 379 through language, and that. What is more, the need of a pragmacognitive dimension of analysis also results from the notion of clusivity, which is the foundation of the us and them polarization in political discourse, and. A pragmatic analysis of the use of person deixis in. The book is grounded in a view of politics in which deliberation, decision and action are crucial concepts. A critical discourse analysis of three speeches of king abdullah ii. The critical study of political discourse has up until very recently rested solely within the domain of the social sciences.