Political Language In Politics

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One of the effective means to practice social, economical and political ideas is to get involved in politics. Political functions are manipulated by the persuasive use of language. The use of metaphorical language allows politicians to exercise effective control over delicate sociopolitical issues ( (Myers), 1984). Political rhetoric is a common tool for politicians to mould the situation accordingly.
The major concern of this debate is the effectiveness and the future position of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Political parties are essential to the process of democratic consolidation (Pridham, p. 2). A political party is a significant mean for corruption free representation and a proper functional system. Political party can be defined as …show more content…

Bhutto, PPP emerged as the highest mandate holder. Under the influence of Mr. Zardari, we find a huge transformation in PPP. Whether this series of changes was done intentionally or unintentionally is the main theme of this study and how these steps worked for the downfall of PPP. Mr. Zardari, in his struggles for power and control took over the charge of Pakistan. Studying political discourse is a crucial in a state like Pakistan which lacks stability either politically or under threat. Such a discourse provides a clear description of the consequences to happen next. The present study focuses on the se of Cochairman of PPP and president of Pakistan’s Mr. Zardari discourse in the perspective of downfall of PPP. The research attempts to find the answers to following …show more content…

Behind any social practice, we find an active historical context. Under social practices we find different interests are served. Where analysis seeks to understand how discourse is implicated in relations of power, it is called critical discourse analysis. Fairclough 's (1989, 1995) model for CDA consists three inter-related processes of analysis tied to three inter-related dimensions of discourse. Fairclough (2003) defines 3 dimensions for every discursive event. These three dimensions are
1) The object of analysis (including verbal, visual or verbal and visual texts)
2) The processes by means of which the object is produced and received (writing/ speaking/designing and reading/listening/viewing) by human subjects.
3) The socio-historical conditions which govern these processes.
According to Fairclough each of these dimensions requires a different kind of analysis
1: Text analysis (description)
2: Processing analysis (interpretation)
3: Social analysis

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