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1- Department of English Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran , faramarz.abbasi14@gmail.com
2- Department of English Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of English Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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This study takes a critical look at the purposive manipulation of discourse and rhetoric by the former Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, when announcing holy sites lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis. A discourse analysis with a qualitative design was applied to study the political dimension of the discourse. This study is framed within the domain of systemic functional linguistics mood system and the classical Aristotelian rhetoric trio (logos, ethos, & pathos). The results revealed that Rouhani mainly used declarative mood in his speeches which performed three main functions: statements of opinion, statements of fact, and indirect directives. From a rhetorical perspective, Rouhani applied ethos considerably more than pathos and logos as a way to increase the credibility of his words while persuading the audience. Moreover, the researchers noticed that the former president employed multiple strategies to build pathos and ethos. These findings can suggest and encourage novel future research directions.
Keywords: Critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, political discourse, rhetoric, SFL
Article Type: مقالات علمی پژوهشی |
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Discourse Analysis
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