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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCURSIVENESS IN LANGUAGE USE OF IMRAN KHANS SPEECH ON NATIONAL ISSUES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).19      10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).19      Published : Jun 2023

Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues

Abstract

    The aim of the present study is to understand psychological discursiveness in the speech delivered by former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on national issues. In this study, cognitive (schematic) and linguistic analysis are hybridized at lexical, syntactic and pragmatical levels to find out the results. The study is mixed in its nature and there have been utilized Atomistic Morphological Analysis Method, Syntactic Analysis (Jegede, 2020) and Cognitive Pragmatic Communication Theory (Sperber & Wilson, 2004). Frequent use of first-person pronouns, declarative sentences and other utterings denotes that the speaker is intended to keep the speech relevant to the aspects like power, hegemony and ideology. Furthermore, cognitive linguistic analysis reveals that the speaker is determined to present his agenda as positive ourselves and negative other-selves for the promotion of his own hegemonic agenda which is wrapped in the ideology.

    Morphological Analysis, Syntactic Analysis, Cognitive Pragmatic Communication, Imran Khan, Speech

    (1) Muhammad Ramzan
    PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Zartashia Kynat Javaid
    Lecturer, Department of Applied Psychology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Misbah Afsheen Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ramzan, M., Javaid, Z. K., & Khan, M. A. (2023). Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues. Global Language Review, VIII(II), 214-225 . https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).19

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ramzan, Muhammad, Zartashia Kynat Javaid, and Misbah Afsheen Khan. 2023. "Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues." Global Language Review, VIII (II): 214-225 doi: 10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).19

HARVARD

    HARVARD : RAMZAN, M., JAVAID, Z. K. & KHAN, M. A. 2023. Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues. Global Language Review, VIII, 214-225 .

MHRA

    MHRA : Ramzan, Muhammad, Zartashia Kynat Javaid, and Misbah Afsheen Khan. 2023. "Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues." Global Language Review, VIII: 214-225

MLA

    MLA : Ramzan, Muhammad, Zartashia Kynat Javaid, and Misbah Afsheen Khan. "Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues." Global Language Review, VIII.II (2023): 214-225 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Ramzan, Muhammad, Javaid, Zartashia Kynat, and Khan, Misbah Afsheen (2023), "Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues", Global Language Review, VIII (II), 214-225

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ramzan, Muhammad, Zartashia Kynat Javaid, and Misbah Afsheen Khan. "Psychological Discursiveness in Language Use of Imran Khan's Speech on National Issues." Global Language Review VIII, no. II (2023): 214-225 . https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).19