A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari
Language is a powerful tool through which users can create identities of themselves and others. The purpose of this paper therefore was to examine the July 15th letter of former president Obasanjo to President Buhari. The paper employed Critical Discourse approach to deconstruct the text with a vi...
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| author | Akeem, Ameen Abdul Razak, Noor Zainab Stapa, Mahani |
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| description | Language is a powerful tool through which users can create identities of themselves and others. The purpose of this paper therefore was to examine the July 15th letter of former president Obasanjo to President Buhari. The paper employed Critical Discourse approach to deconstruct the text with a view to see how the writer used various linguistic devices as persuasive elements. It was found out that the writer employed various ideological modes and linguistic elements to successfully register his opinions. Hence, the paper holds to confirm further that discourse is indeed a social action which is usually influenced by the writer’s affiliation. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-872852020-10-31T12:29:21Z http://eprints.utm.my/87285/ A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari Akeem, Ameen Abdul Razak, Noor Zainab Stapa, Mahani L Education (General) Language is a powerful tool through which users can create identities of themselves and others. The purpose of this paper therefore was to examine the July 15th letter of former president Obasanjo to President Buhari. The paper employed Critical Discourse approach to deconstruct the text with a view to see how the writer used various linguistic devices as persuasive elements. It was found out that the writer employed various ideological modes and linguistic elements to successfully register his opinions. Hence, the paper holds to confirm further that discourse is indeed a social action which is usually influenced by the writer’s affiliation. Gupta Publications 2020-03 Article PeerReviewed Akeem, Ameen and Abdul Razak, Noor Zainab and Stapa, Mahani (2020) A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, 6 (2). pp. 40-44. ISSN 2455-2070 http://www.socialsciencejournal.in/archives/2020/vol6/issue2/6-2-15 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) Akeem, Ameen Abdul Razak, Noor Zainab Stapa, Mahani A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari |
| title | A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari |
| title_full | A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari |
| title_fullStr | A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari |
| title_short | A critical discourse study of July 15th 2019 former President Obasanjos letter to President Buhari |
| title_sort | critical discourse study of july 15th 2019 former president obasanjos letter to president buhari |
| topic | L Education (General) |
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