The study sheds light on the linguistic and the rhetorical strategies of the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah EL-Sisi at WYF. This study emphasizes on employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in studying Arabic political discourse. The objective of the study is to explore the intended ideologies and the critical linguistic features in the political speech provided by the Egyptian President. In order to realize the main goal of the study, CDA is used as a theoretical framework to analyze the speech. The analysis of the gained data was conducted by drawing upon Fair Clough’s three-dimensional framework of CDA; namely, the language text, whether written or spoken, discourse practice and socio-cultural practice. Both macro analysis (semantic macrostructures) and micro analysis (local semantics) were showed in an attempt to connect linguistic and social practice. The findings of the study confirmed that this speech includes its distinct features and moreover, that language was used tactfully to achieve the intended aims of the speaker. |
