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Download full textSaedeen, Mohammad; AlBzour, Naser N. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
The primary concern of the present study is to provide a critical discourse analysis of Donald Trump's denial speeches of the 2020 United States presidential election's results. Using Van Dijk's framework of critical discourse analysis, this study investigates the linguistic features in five speeches of Donald Trump delivered after announcing the…
Descriptors: Presidents, Speeches, Discourse Analysis, Political Attitudes
Al-Araji, Baida Faisal; Al-Azzawi, Sarab Khalil – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Religious discourse has been treated differently in various types of studies. In the present study, the English Biblical and Arabic Prophetic Hadiths will be tackled on two bases namely the micro and macro levels. In other words, the data will be analyzed at both micro and macro levels to maintain the organizational status of the religious texts.…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Syntax, Discourse Analysis, Biblical Literature
Monsefi, Roya; Mahadi, Tengku Sepora Tengku – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Within the endless stream of information available on the news media market, news headline language is characterised by several linguistic, pragmatic, rhetorical and functional features that distinguish it from other varieties of language that are not specialised. In the present study, the rhetorical features of English news headlines, through…
Descriptors: Language Usage, News Reporting, Pragmatics, Rhetoric
Ononiwu, Mark Chitulu; Queen, Njemanze – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Major African writers have never stopped exploring the themes of corruption, radical struggles and political instability in their respective domains. One of these writers and his monumental classic, Chinua Achebe; "Anthills of the Savanna", discusses these themes expertly and with utmost dexterity. The major task of this paper is not to…
Descriptors: Crime, Political Issues, Authors, Novels
Amrita; Anisha – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Mira Bai, a saint-poet of North India is an important figure in medieval Hindi literature. Her "bhajan"-s (songs) profoundly represent the transforming of consciousness working through conceptual metaphors which fall in the realm of religious poetry wherein target domains are generally abstract. Since, the working of the mind is more…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Poetry, Cognitive Processes, Spiritual Development
Enyi, Amaechi Uneke; Chitulu, Mark Ononiwu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study, entitled, "Texture and textuality in Political Discourse: A Study of Cohesive Devices in President Goodluck Jonathan's Inaugural Address-May, 2011" was an analysis of the lexical cohesive devices employed by Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan in crafting his May, 2011's Presidential Inaugural Address (PIA). Guided by the…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Presidents, Discourse Analysis, Speeches
Swear, Muna Abdulhussein – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The Appraisal Theory includes three subsystems of evaluation; Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation. This study focuses on Graduation subsystem which is used by writers to amplify or diminish the scope of these two subsystems. It consists of Focus and Force options. Focus expressions are usually non-gradable they tend to sharpen or soften the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Dialects
