Persuasive strategies of Jordanian government in fighting Covid-19
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Jordan that has continued to grow and impact all spheres of our lives, the government has been struggling to curb the pandemic through a range of safety and health measures. To this end, the government officials have employed diverse linguistic stra...
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2021
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| description | Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Jordan that has continued to grow and impact
all spheres of our lives, the government has been struggling to curb the pandemic through a
range of safety and health measures. To this end, the government officials have employed
diverse linguistic strategies in different media outlets to realize persuasion on the target
audience in order to increase their awareness about the ongoing crisis and win public
compliance and cooperation. Therefore, the present paper seeks, as its overriding goal, to
explore the common linguistic strategies used by the Jordanian government to enhance its
credibility and convince the public of the importance of effective adherence to its Covid-19
related policies (e.g. social distancing, face mask wearing, and self-hygiene). As an eclectic
method of inquiry, the study draws generally on the perspective of discourse analysis and
pragmatics. In addition, our analysis is informed by a corpus-based approach. The synthesis of
our findings demonstrates that the government consistently and systematically utilizes various
strategies for its persuasive intention (e.g. metaphor, repetition, and religious quotation). It also
shows that the rationale beyond the respective persuasive techniques seems to win public
compliance and cooperation, reassure the public, undermine opponent’s counterclaims, and
project a trustworthy and praiseworthy image. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-164292021-04-19T02:30:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16429/ Persuasive strategies of Jordanian government in fighting Covid-19 Alkhawaldeh, Asim Ayed Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 in Jordan that has continued to grow and impact all spheres of our lives, the government has been struggling to curb the pandemic through a range of safety and health measures. To this end, the government officials have employed diverse linguistic strategies in different media outlets to realize persuasion on the target audience in order to increase their awareness about the ongoing crisis and win public compliance and cooperation. Therefore, the present paper seeks, as its overriding goal, to explore the common linguistic strategies used by the Jordanian government to enhance its credibility and convince the public of the importance of effective adherence to its Covid-19 related policies (e.g. social distancing, face mask wearing, and self-hygiene). As an eclectic method of inquiry, the study draws generally on the perspective of discourse analysis and pragmatics. In addition, our analysis is informed by a corpus-based approach. The synthesis of our findings demonstrates that the government consistently and systematically utilizes various strategies for its persuasive intention (e.g. metaphor, repetition, and religious quotation). It also shows that the rationale beyond the respective persuasive techniques seems to win public compliance and cooperation, reassure the public, undermine opponent’s counterclaims, and project a trustworthy and praiseworthy image. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16429/1/45253-149897-1-PB.pdf Alkhawaldeh, Asim Ayed (2021) Persuasive strategies of Jordanian government in fighting Covid-19. GEMA ; Online Journal of Language Studies, 21 (1). pp. 274-293. ISSN 1675-8021 https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1372 |
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| title | Persuasive strategies of Jordanian government in fighting Covid-19 |
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| title_short | Persuasive strategies of Jordanian government in fighting Covid-19 |
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