Representation, attribution and perspectivation in eu diplomatic discourse addressed to Iraq
Joint Authors
Husayn, Ahmad Sultan
Ahmad, Munirah Husayn
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 10 (31 Oct. 2020), pp.188-200, 13 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2020-10-31
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Internationally, politicians, practice power, spread ideology, and effect changes in the world through language.
World events are prompted by the words and actions of State leaders and politicians.
Diplomats normally manipulate symbolism in diplomatic practice to convey various massages.
This paper aims at uncovering how foreign policy objectives, identities and ideologies are communicated in the EU discourse.
Drawing on Ruth Wodak's (2001) Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) which is an interdisciplinary eclectic approach, the researchers focus on the discursive skills of persuasion and convincing a diplomat enjoys.
The study answers a set of empirical questions : 1) how have individuals, objects, events, processes and actions been named and referred to linguistically in the selected data? 2) What traits and features have been attributed to them? 3) From what perspective have these nominations and attributes been expressed? This study fills a gap in scholarship in using speeches to study the diplomatic relationships between the EU and Iraq from a critical discourse analysis perspective.
The study concludes that EU actors perceived of Iraq as a partner, an immediate neighbor and a peer.
Meantime, they attempt to construct an identity for EU as an actor to establish peace, democracy and human rights.
Being demographically diverse, EU tries to influence Iraq's perception to follow the suit.
Some of the aforementioned perspectives were expressed through narration, quoting or metaphors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Husayn, Ahmad Sultan& Ahmad, Munirah Husayn. 2020. Representation, attribution and perspectivation in eu diplomatic discourse addressed to Iraq. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 3, no. 10, pp.188-200.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1499933
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Husayn, Ahmad Sultan& Ahmad, Munirah Husayn. Representation, attribution and perspectivation in eu diplomatic discourse addressed to Iraq. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 3, no. 10 (2020), pp.188-200.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1499933
American Medical Association (AMA)
Husayn, Ahmad Sultan& Ahmad, Munirah Husayn. Representation, attribution and perspectivation in eu diplomatic discourse addressed to Iraq. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2020. Vol. 3, no. 10, pp.188-200.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1499933
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 199-200
Record ID
BIM-1499933