چکیده مقاله
This article aimed to compare the speech acts used by two prominent political figures, DonaldTrump and Joe Biden, during their respective presidential campaigns in the United States To doso, a qualitative content analysis approach was used to identify and compare the speech acts usedby both candidates in their campaign speeches The analysis included identifying various types ofspeech acts, such as declarative, representative, directive, expressive, and commissive To this aim,the script of two famous political speeches by each Candidate were analyzed, i e , “Make AmericaGreat Again” and “America First” by Trump and “We Are in a Battle for the Soul of This Nation”and “Build Back Better” by Biden The model of the paper was Searle’s Theory of Speech Act 1969 The frequency of each category was counted and compared with other categories in orderto find the most frequent types of speech acts in each political speech The findings of the studyshowed that Trump frequently used assertive speech acts to assert his belief in his ability toprioritize American interests and his confidence in the potential of the American people WhileBiden employed various speech acts in a relatively balanced manner, without one beingsignificantly more frequent than the others As a result, Biden's use of a range of speech actscreated a multi dimensional message that appealed to voters' emotions, sense of patriotism, anddesire for positive change As implications of the study, it should be mentioned that the studyhighlights the importance of understanding the role of speech acts in shaping public opinion andvoter behavior Political leaders must carefully consider the types of speech acts they use in theirspeeches, as they can have a significant impact on how their messages are received by the public
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نویسندگان
AtefeSadat Mirsaeedi
Faculty of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Khorasgan Branch
Rafal Qusay Fadhil
MA in General Linguistics, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Khorasgan Branch
شیوه ارجاع
Mirsaeedi, AtefeSadat and Qusay Fadhil, Rafal,1403,Comparison of Speech Acts in Trump and Biden Campaign Speeches,20th International Conference on Language , Literature , Culture and History Studies
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