Discourse analysis of the political speeches of the ousted Arab presidents during the Arab spring revolution
Other Title(s)
تحليل الخطابات السياسية للرؤساء العرب المخلوعين خلال ثورة الربيع العربي
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
al-Abd al-Haqq, Fawwaz Muhammad
al-Mubayyidin, Husam al-Din Zakariyya
al-Sarayirah, Atif Ata Allah Id
University
Mutah University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2013
English 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.
The sample of the study is composed of seven political speeches delivered by the ousted Arab presidents during the period from December 2010 to December 2012.
Three speeches were delivered by the Tunisian president, Zain Al-Abedeen Bin Ali; three speeches by the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak; and one speech by the Libyan president, Muammer Al-Gaddafi.
The selected speeches are taken from the Internet.
To achieve the main goal of this study, the analysis of the obtained data is conducted using the two frameworks : Halliday and Hasan's (1976) framework of cohesion, and Austin's (1962) and Searle's (1969, 1979) speech act theory.
The results of this study revealed that the political speeches which were delivered during the Arab Spring Revolution have their distinctive features which are different from those features of the usual speeches of these presidents during the normal circumstances.
Most of the lexical features such as repetition, synonymy, and hyponymy are widely used in the speeches of the ousted presidents to achieve different political ideologies and strategies such as the ideology of threatening the civilian protesters.
Moreover, the results of the study also revealed that the three speech acts : threatening, directive, and expressive are directly reflected in the speeches of the ousted presidents.
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
No. of Pages
73
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Chapter One : Theoretical background.
Chapter Two : Review of related literature.
Chapter Three : Methods and procedures.
Chapter Four : Findindings and discussions.
Chapter Five : Conclusion and recommendations.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Majali, Wala Abd al-Karim. (2013). Discourse analysis of the political speeches of the ousted Arab presidents during the Arab spring revolution. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-347176
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Majali, Wala Abd al-Karim. Discourse analysis of the political speeches of the ousted Arab presidents during the Arab spring revolution. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University. (2013).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-347176
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Majali, Wala Abd al-Karim. (2013). Discourse analysis of the political speeches of the ousted Arab presidents during the Arab spring revolution. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-347176
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-347176
