The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament
The study of political speeches has been generally conducted from rhetoric, dialectic, conversational analysis, critical discourse analysis, dialogism and speech act theory. This article seeks to depart from such theoretic perspectives to the analysis of political speeches by presenting evidence tha...
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| description | The study of political speeches has been generally conducted from rhetoric, dialectic, conversational analysis, critical discourse analysis, dialogism and speech act theory. This article seeks to depart from such theoretic perspectives to the analysis of political speeches by presenting evidence that the linguistic discourse analytical framework of Appraisal Theory provides alternative ways of perceiving the nature of language use in the context of political speeches. Much attention in the utilisation of the Appraisal theory has been applied to the two sub-systems of attitude and engagement. The researchers' focus in this study is to depart from the two sub-systems and explore the semantics of graduation as realised in Mugabe's political speeches officially opening the Seventh Parliament of Zimbabwe. The impact that this graduation has on the message being communicated and the relations maintained, nurtured or built have important linguistic or discourse-linguistic insights. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-14882022-06-27T13:49:05Z The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament Jakaza, Ernest Visser, MW Political speech, Political discourse, Appraisal theory, Graduation, Mugabe, Parliamentary discourse, Ceremonial speeches The study of political speeches has been generally conducted from rhetoric, dialectic, conversational analysis, critical discourse analysis, dialogism and speech act theory. This article seeks to depart from such theoretic perspectives to the analysis of political speeches by presenting evidence that the linguistic discourse analytical framework of Appraisal Theory provides alternative ways of perceiving the nature of language use in the context of political speeches. Much attention in the utilisation of the Appraisal theory has been applied to the two sub-systems of attitude and engagement. The researchers' focus in this study is to depart from the two sub-systems and explore the semantics of graduation as realised in Mugabe's political speeches officially opening the Seventh Parliament of Zimbabwe. The impact that this graduation has on the message being communicated and the relations maintained, nurtured or built have important linguistic or discourse-linguistic insights. 2016-05-26T13:53:38Z 2016-05-26T13:53:38Z 2015 Book chapter http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1488 en UNISA School of Arts Conference Proceedings; edited by M Vambe and B Nchindila;210 - 221 open UNISA Press |
| spellingShingle | Political speech, Political discourse, Appraisal theory, Graduation, Mugabe, Parliamentary discourse, Ceremonial speeches Jakaza, Ernest Visser, MW The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament |
| title | The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament |
| title_full | The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament |
| title_fullStr | The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament |
| title_full_unstemmed | The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament |
| title_short | The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament |
| title_sort | semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of president robert mugabe's speeches officially opening the zimbabwean parliament |
| topic | Political speech, Political discourse, Appraisal theory, Graduation, Mugabe, Parliamentary discourse, Ceremonial speeches |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1488 |
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