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Pragmatics of Political Blame in British and Iraqi Parliaments

Arab world English journal, 2020-03, Vol.11 (1), p.331-375 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 2229-9327 ;EISSN: 2229-9327 ;DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol11no1.24

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  • Title:
    Pragmatics of Political Blame in British and Iraqi Parliaments
  • Author: Ghalib Saleem, Ammar ; Abduljaleel Saeed Alattar, Rihab
  • Subjects: Cultural Differences ; Foreign Countries ; Interpersonal Communication ; Language Usage ; Political Issues ; Pragmatics ; Public Officials ; Rhetoric
  • Is Part Of: Arab world English journal, 2020-03, Vol.11 (1), p.331-375
  • Description: This research is a pragmatic study of political blame in British and Iraqi Parliaments. It aims to unfold the similarities and/or differences in terms of the pragmatic and pragma-rhetorical strategies used by British and Iraqi politicians when they exchange blame in both offensive and defensive situations. A statistical analysis is conducted to quantitatively support the findings of the pragmatic analysis. The analyses conducted have yielded different results among blame is a process composed of two stages. Each stage is distinct for its pragmatic components and pragma-rhetorical strategies. British and Iraqi MPs at the blame stage tend to utilize impoliteness as their main strategy. However, British and Iraqi MPs perform differently at the blame avoidance stage in that British MPs employ politeness as their main defense strategy, whereas Iraqi MPs exploit impoliteness. Besides, British and Iraqi MPs at the blame stage tend to violate the maxim of quality by fabricating their statements. At the blame avoidance stage, the maxim of relevance was the most violated one through the strategy of evasion. As for pragma-rhetorical strategies, British and Iraqi politicians at the blame stage exploit the pragma-rhetorical strategy of number-game to support their credibility. At the blame avoidance stage, British politicians primarily utilize hyperbole, whereas Iraqi politicians deploy shifting blame.
  • Publisher: Arab World English Journal
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2229-9327
    EISSN: 2229-9327
    DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol11no1.24
  • Source: ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)
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