CHUKWUIKE, JUDE TOCHUKWU and DAVID-OJUKWU, IFEYINWA and UNACHUKWU, OGECHI C. (2021) ACTIVATION AS A DISCOURSE STRATEGY IN NIGERIAN PRESIDENT BUHARI’S SPEECHES. Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL), 9 (1). pp. 83-95. ISSN 2395-2636
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Abstract
President Muhammadu Buhari’s speeches are filled with linguistic nuances characterizing political discourses in Nigeria which is probably the reason why they have attracted more critical studies than those of any other Nigerian president. However, the earlier studies appear to be unidirectional in the different theories of linguistic analysis utilised. There is still a yawning gap in the discourse analytical studies especially with regard to the discourse strategy of role allocation, particularly, activation which has been largely utilised by the President. The present study fills this gap by employing Van Leeuwen’s (2008) and Van Dijk’s CDA approaches as well as Halliday’s transitivity structures on two selected speeches of President Buhari to discover the activations given to social actors in transitivity processes, and their ideological leanings. The findings reveal that President Buhari builds the ideological image of a political messiah through constant prejudiced activations portraying positive self and negative other representation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2025 19:08 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2025 19:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5158 |
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