Discursive strategies in Ben Ali's speech: a critical discourse study

Abstract EN

The present study investigates the realization of discursive strategies in ben ali's speech in the context of the collapse of power in which he depends on the power of words rather than the power of arms.

it adheres to the theoretical model of critical discourse studies (henceforth CDS), specifically Wodak's discourse historical approach (henceforth DHA).

the data will be divided into text segments to be analyzed, interpreted and then explained.

the study addresses the question that: what are the discursive strategies used in the selected speech? the results the study came up with indicated that the most common discursive strategies employed by the speaker are the referential, predicational ones to promote himself, and intensification strategy, as a result to the ideological gap resulted from the difference between the speaker and the addressees.