Political Discourse Analysis Topoi in Haider Al-Abadi's Discourse during Basra Crisis in 2018
Kanaan Khudheyer Hasan (PhD)
Tikrit University/ College of Education for Women
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.3.4.20
Keywords: - argumentation -Discourse-Historical Approach -political discourse analysis -topoi
Abstract
Political discourses always carry various messages to the public.
This can be done through many tools used by decision makers in order
to manipulate or persuade the public. Topos (plural is topoi) is tool of
developing argumentation in political discourse. It is a part of any
political speech used either to persuade people, show the politician's
upper hand or produce successful speeches. This paper will discuss the
conceptualization of topoi as part of political discourse. It also studies
the usage of topoi in Al-Abadi's weekly statement during Basra crisis
of 2018. Protests in Basra were the most serious seen in Iraq during
Al-Abadi's era because of the importance of the city as a heart of some
world's largest oilfields. The paper also shows how Al-Abadi utilizes
topoi in his speeches to deal with this robust crisis. Methodology of
analysis will be Ruth Wodak's Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA)
2011. DHA is designed to integrate systematically all the available
background information in the analysis and interpretation of the many
layers of written or spoken texts.
