Noriha Basir
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Noriha Basir
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Noriha, Basir
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Basir, N.
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    Illocutionary acts in zahid hamidi's pau 2017 and 2018 speeches
    ( 2020-05-01)
    Harshita Aini Haroon
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    Noor Asliza Abdul Rahim
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    Noriha Basir
    ;
    Zaliza Zubir
    Studies on political speeches are not new and cover various aspects including that of language use. Political speeches are a medium through which ideas and ideologies are communicated through language use for the sake of the listener’s understanding. The success of delivering a political speech depends on the use of persuasive arguments. This study presents an analysis of the use of speech acts as an effective argumentative strategy. Its two objectives are to compare the use of speech acts in two different situations, and to explain the results obtained from the comparison. The data of the study comprise two keynote addresses by Zahid Hamidi. The first is the keynote at the 2017 UMNO General Assembly before the 14th General Election (PRU14) in 2017, and the second is his keynote address at the 2018 UMNO General Assembly, after the party's defeat in PRU14. The analysis used qualitative method, adopting Bach and Harnish's (1979) theoretical framework. Overall findings show Zahid Hamidi used constatives, directives, commissives and acknowledgements in his speeches. Constatives and directives were specifically utilised to influence and convince the audience of his arguments more in his 2017 speech than in the 2018 one. After PRU14, Zahid used more of commissives and acknowledgments. Commissives stand at 10.3% in the 2018 speech, compared to 4.5% in 2017 and acknowledgements is at 9.3% in 2018 compared to 5.4% in 2017. The change in use of the speech acts across the two years suggests that Zahid has had to adjust his use of words and language to fit in with the 2018 socio-political scenario. The results show that socio-political scenario clearly has an impact on the type of speech acts used in politicians’ speeches. The findings also send a message to politicians that their speeches should contain speech acts appropriate to the current scenario, which can be understood clearly by their supporters.
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    Interdiscursivity in COVID-19 Movement Control Order Speech
    ( 2021-11-01)
    Harshita Aini Haroon
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    Zaliza Zubir
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    Noor Asliza Abdul Rahim
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    Noriha Basir
    Malaysia’s Movement Control Order (MCO) has been enforced twice, on 18 March 2020 and 13 January 2021 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, both through speeches delivered on live telecast by its Prime Minister. While the speeches were aimed at informing the people of the order, it is anticipated that they contain interdiscursivity, that is a combination of discourse genres and styles, which carries out multiple functions in delivering messages pertaining to the order, based on political hegemony, ideology and culture. Prior to the announcement, the public is rife with questions and perceptions of what the MCO may involve. The speeches conveyed the Prime Minister’s and the government’s intentions such as delivering information, providing instruction, calming the people, and the like. Content analysis was conducted on two MCO speeches using qualitative approaches. The study is aimed at identifying functions and types of discourse, as well as deciphering techniques used to achieve the functions, using Idris Aman’s (2006) discourse functions analysis framework. The study proposes interdiscursivity elements in the MCO texts, realised through five main functions of informing, providing understanding, presenting/defending opinions, expressing (one’s views) and issuing orders. The study also found the use of three techniques additional to the existing framework, that of empathy, advice and appreciation. The study indicates that interdiscursivity is used in a text that contains a main objective for multiple purposes, which are determined by audience, environmental and situational factors. The presence of interdiscursivity also reflects the speaker’s communication strategy, balancing between exhibiting sensitivity to public concerns and issuing the order.
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    Addressing defeat in a political speech: An analysis from discourse and sociocultural perspectives
    ( 2021-05-03)
    Harshita Aini Haroon
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    Noor Asliza Abdul Rahim
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    Noriha Basir
    ;
    Zaliza Zubir
    Concession speeches are usually given immediately after results of an election are released. In these speeches, a losing candidate will concede defeat, before the winner presents his/her acceptance speech. However, defeats are also mentioned in speeches other than concession speeches. These are political speeches which happen some time after the defeat. By nature, political speeches provide insights into how language is utilised by politicians to achieve particular objectives. Many studies have investigated speech acts in political speeches, looking at how the speaker attempts to persuade the audience through particular language use. However, limited attention has been given to how language is used in other post-defeat speeches other than concession speeches. This study investigates a 2018 speech delivered by a politician in his losing party's first ever mass assembly after an election loss. We describe ways in which the defeat is addressed based on discourse and sociocultural practices in Fairclough's three dimensional framework. We show how the use of intertextuality and offensive strategies through word-use lead to the communication of values that aim to create a desired mindset in the audience and to gain their confidence in the politician's leadership.