Language and Discourse in Contemporary South African Politics: A Critical Discourse Analysis

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2020.1842485

Lefty Mabela, C. Mann, Thabo Ditsele

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Abstract This study analyses written and spoken corpora of three South African political party leaders (Jacob Zuma of the African National Congress [ANC], Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance [DA], and Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters [EFF]) in different discourse contexts. A mixed-methods approach was used to collect the data, while Critical Discourse Analysis and text analysis constituted the analytical framework. Twelve political-leader speeches (four each), three senior party official interviews, and seventeen focus group interviews with the voting public were explored as data. The findings established that each political leader had his own persuasive strategies and choice of words, usually aligned with his ideological and personal agenda, and that these political leaders were not entirely responsible for their speeches. The study concludes that these political leaders used and chose words strategically in their speeches to persuade and manipulate their audiences.

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当代南非政治中的语言与话语：批判性话语分析

摘要本研究分析了三位南非政党领导人（非洲人国民大会的Jacob Zuma、民主联盟的Mmusi Maimane和经济自由斗士的Julius Malema）在不同话语背景下的书面和口头语料库。采用混合方法收集数据，批判性话语分析和文本分析构成分析框架。12次政治领导人演讲（各4次）、3次党内高级官员访谈和17次投票公众焦点小组访谈被作为数据进行了探索。调查结果表明，每个政治领导人都有自己的说服策略和措辞，通常与他的意识形态和个人议程相一致，这些政治领导人对他们的演讲并不完全负责。研究得出结论，这些政治领导人在演讲中战略性地使用和选择词语，以说服和操纵听众。

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.