Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London
The paper explores President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria use of language in political setting. As a President, his choice of words and the language use speak a lot. Being a formal Military leader, his broadcast was more ‘khakitocratic’ (military) than democratic. His speech lasted five minutes but a...
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| author | Yekeen, Bello Oyeniyi, Adeniyi-Egbeola Folakemi Rabiat, Fakunle Oiza |
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| description | The paper explores President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria use of language in political setting. As a President, his choice of words and the language use speak a lot. Being a formal Military leader, his broadcast was more ‘khakitocratic’ (military) than democratic. His speech lasted five minutes but assessed using critical discourse analysis (CDA). The paper discusses context and culture in discursive interactions. Political language democratically, is important to national unity as it can illicit positive or otherwise reactions from electorates. Analysis for the study was based on Fairclough’s three dimensional conceptualisation of discourse with the aid of tabular illustrations. Findings reveal assumptions that unsaid words have implicit meanings than the said, being that words are neutral and, of course, the unsaid ideological politics of meanings could establish ‘khakitocratic’ language through discourse. The study concludes that people need ontological and epistemological inferences to develop societal consciousness about socio-political engagements to enhance understanding of undefined expressions. |
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| spelling | my-ukm.journal.192412022-08-04T08:21:36Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19241/ Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London Yekeen, Bello Oyeniyi, Adeniyi-Egbeola Folakemi Rabiat, Fakunle Oiza The paper explores President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria use of language in political setting. As a President, his choice of words and the language use speak a lot. Being a formal Military leader, his broadcast was more ‘khakitocratic’ (military) than democratic. His speech lasted five minutes but assessed using critical discourse analysis (CDA). The paper discusses context and culture in discursive interactions. Political language democratically, is important to national unity as it can illicit positive or otherwise reactions from electorates. Analysis for the study was based on Fairclough’s three dimensional conceptualisation of discourse with the aid of tabular illustrations. Findings reveal assumptions that unsaid words have implicit meanings than the said, being that words are neutral and, of course, the unsaid ideological politics of meanings could establish ‘khakitocratic’ language through discourse. The study concludes that people need ontological and epistemological inferences to develop societal consciousness about socio-political engagements to enhance understanding of undefined expressions. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19241/1/53652-176549-1-SM.pdf Yekeen, Bello and Oyeniyi, Adeniyi-Egbeola Folakemi and Rabiat, Fakunle Oiza (2022) Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 19 (1). pp. 191-205. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1459 |
| spellingShingle | Yekeen, Bello Oyeniyi, Adeniyi-Egbeola Folakemi Rabiat, Fakunle Oiza Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London |
| title | Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London |
| title_full | Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London |
| title_fullStr | Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London |
| title_full_unstemmed | Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London |
| title_short | Saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in London |
| title_sort | saying the unsaid from the said : a critical discourse analysis of president buhari’s five minutes broadcast after his 105 days medical vacation in london |
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