Persuasion in Political Discourse: Barak Obama’s Presidential Speeches Against Isis

Alemi, Minoo; Latifi, Ashkan; Nematzadeh, Arash

doi:10.22363/2312-9182-2018-22-2-278-291

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“…The tradition of speaking in public has been developing since ancient times, forming the set or rules of most effective rhetorical means. A significant number of American presidents and politicians in general have followed these rules so brilliantly that they are still renowned for their rhetorical skills (Campbell & Jamieson, 1990;Lim, 2002;Harandi & Jahantigh, 2017;Sameer, 2017;Alemi, Latifi, & Nematzadeh, 2018).…”

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Functional and Linguistic Characteristics of Donald Trump’s Victory and Inaugural Speeches

Mikhailovna

2018

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The current research is devoted to the comparative and contrastive analysis of Donald Trump’s victory and inaugural speeches. Its objective is to identify their similarities and differences from the functional and linguistic points of view. The research consists of several stages. First, the two genres of discourse in question are defined. Then, an overview of their functions is provided. Next, the linguistic means of performing them are analyzed. The results of the research indicate that, due to their main goals, the genres in question express certain functions, which can be verbally expressed in various ways: in Trump’s victory speech the inspirative function comes to the fore, while in his inaugural address the integrative and the performative functions dominate the other ones. Furthermore, in each case linguistic peculiarities correlate with the functions: in the victory speech the focus is on the ‘greatness’ of everything and everyone, whereas in the inaugural speech words connected with patriotism prevail, which is expressed mostly by means of personal pronouns. The results of the current research may function as a basis for further analysis of the genre of the victory speech, as it has not received enough scholarly attention yet, and of the peculiarities of Donald Trump’s political discourse.

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Functional and Linguistic Characteristics of Donald Trump’s Victory and Inaugural Speeches

Mikhailovna

2018

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“…In example (5), EMADJ's 'confident' shows the persuasive power that considers the influence on people's ideas, thoughts, and conduct as a critical goal in delivering the speech (Lee 2021). The EMADJ's 'confident' indicates that the logic behind conviction seeks to appeal to the mental models of the recipients so that their interpretations of the text are as similar as feasible to that desired by the political discourse (Minoo et al 2018). Apart from that, EMADJ's 'confident' is mentioned once in the State of the Union speeches (see Table 5.5).…”

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Epistemic Modality through the Use of Adjectives in George W. Bush in Selected Speeches: Urging Countries around the World to Join the War in Iraq

Alsbbagh

Abdullah

2023

IJLLT

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This study provides a detailed analysis of George W. Bush's speeches during the Iraq War, with a focus on his use of epistemic modal adjectives to influence the international community's support for the war. The study draws on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the epistemic modality in six of Bush's speeches, including The State of the Union Speeches and The War Speeches. By utilizing Biber et al.'s (1999, p.5-6) categories of epistemic modality, the study categorizes the adjectives into "Certainty" and "Likelihood" and examines their underlying functions in persuading the public about the Iraq War. The findings highlight that the adjectives served five distinct functions, namely "assertion," "assumption," "conviction," "hedging," and "likelihood/possibility," which were strategically employed by Bush to promote his policy and agenda towards the Iraqi government. The study emphasizes the crucial role of epistemic modality in political speeches and its potential impact on shaping public opinion.

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“…A wide variety of studies has addressed persuasion from the perspective of pragmatics, particularly, speech acts theory (e.g. Taufik et al, 2014;Altikriti, 2016;Alkhibrash, 2016;Ghazani, 2016;Ponton, 2017;Alemi et al, 2018;and Soedjarwo, 2020). They report that various speech acts can be used to realize persuasion, namely directives (e.g.…”

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Persuasive Strategies of Jordanian Government in Fighting Covid-19

Alkhawaldeh

2021

gema

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Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Jordan that has continued to grow and impact all spheres of our lives, the government has been struggling to curb the pandemic through a range of safety and health measures. To this end, the government officials have employed diverse linguistic strategies in different media outlets to realize persuasion on the target audience in order to increase their awareness about the ongoing crisis and win public compliance and cooperation. Therefore, the present paper seeks, as its overriding goal, to explore the common linguistic strategies used by the Jordanian government to enhance its credibility and convince the public of the importance of effective adherence to its Covid-19 related policies (e.g. social distancing, face mask wearing, and self-hygiene). As an eclectic method of inquiry, the study draws generally on the perspective of discourse analysis and pragmatics. In addition, our analysis is informed by a corpus-based approach. The synthesis of our findings demonstrates that the government consistently and systematically utilizes various strategies for its persuasive intention (e.g. metaphor, repetition, and religious quotation). It also shows that the rationale beyond the respective persuasive techniques seems to win public compliance and cooperation, reassure the public, undermine opponent's counterclaims, and project a trustworthy and praiseworthy image.

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Persuasion in Political Discourse: Barak Obama’s Presidential Speeches Against Isis

Cited by 10 publications

References 11 publications

Functional and Linguistic Characteristics of Donald Trump’s Victory and Inaugural Speeches

Functional and Linguistic Characteristics of Donald Trump’s Victory and Inaugural Speeches

Epistemic Modality through the Use of Adjectives in George W. Bush in Selected Speeches: Urging Countries around the World to Join the War in Iraq

Persuasive Strategies of Jordanian Government in Fighting Covid-19

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