Title of article :
The Comparative Analysis of Style, Intertextuality, and Rhetorical Features in Political Discourse: The Case of Iranian vs. U.S President
Author/Authors :
Gavarizadeh, Shina Department of English Language Teaching - Islamic Azad University West Tehran Branch Tehran, Iran , Rashvand Semiyari, Shokouh Department of English Language Teaching - Islamic Azad University East Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Thenotionofindividual’sroleisconsideredastheba-sisformajorchangesinthewaypublicspeakingisconceptualizedandpracticed.Thepoliticalspeechisanattemptaimedatprovidingthehearerswithreasonstothinkandreacttocertainand/oruncertainconditions.Oneoftheimportantfeaturesofthepoliticalargumentisthatthepoliticalissuesdonotmerelyconfirmorcontradicttherealitybuttheyenterandcometoshapeit.Apoliticalfactormustknowhowtoenhancehisdomainoflexicalknowledgeandsyntacticskillowingtoputtheimpressiveinfluenceontheaudience.Thisstudyexaminedtheuseofstyle,intertextuality,andrhetoricalfeaturesinthepoliticaldiscourse.TheanalysisofmodalityshowedthatpresidentTrumpusedmoremodalitiescomparingtohiscounterpart.Intertextualityanalysisconfirmedthatthespeechesfromtwopresidentswereeasytounder-standandtheywerenotbasedupontheaudience’spreviousknowl-edge.Giventherhetoricalfeatures,bothpresidentsemployedrelativelyenoughparallelstructuresintheirspeechbutIranianpresidenttookupthehigherproportion.Theimplicationsandsuggestionsforfurtherresearchwerealsohighlighted.
Keywords :
Political speech , style , intertextuality , rhetorical features , American and Iranian presidents
Journal title :
Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
