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a pragmalinguistic and sociopolitical analysis of vague language in two iranian presidents’ international interviews
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نویسنده
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allami hamid ,ghasemi mohammd ,barzegar najmeh
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منبع
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جستارهاي زباني - 2021 - دوره : 12 - شماره : 5 - صفحه:205 -237
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چکیده
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Standard political discourse is replete with ambiguity and vagueness. politicians frequently use vague language to hide their inadequate knowledge, show their low interest in the issue, and/or evoke emotion. this study reports on a qualitative content analysis of vagueness in two iranian presidents’ political interviews within a pragmalinguistic and sociopolitical paradigm. the data consisted of nine question-answer exchanges extracted from seven internationally live broadcast interviews. a total of 57 instances of vague language use were analyzed in terms of 21 pragmalinguistic vagueness strategies. implications are that vagueness in political discourse is motivated by a multiplicity of factors such as face management, sociopolitical and situational adaptation, conflict avoidance, and personal characteristics of the interviewers and the respondents. vagueness was also found to be a sign of diplomatic prudence or wisdom.
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کلیدواژه
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political discourse ,pragmalinguistic paradigm ,vagueness strategies
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آدرس
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tarbiat modares university, faculty of humanities, department of elt, iran, yazd university, faculty of languages and literature, english department, iran, yazd university, faculty of languages and literature, english department, iran
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پست الکترونیکی
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barzegar323@gmail.com
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a pragmalinguistic and sociopolitical analysis of vague language in two iranian presidents’ international interviews
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Abstract
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standard political discourse is replete with ambiguity and vagueness. politicians frequently use vague language to hide their inadequate knowledge, show their low interest in the issue, and/or evoke emotion. this study reports on a qualitative content analysis of vagueness in two iranian presidents’ political interviews within a pragmalinguistic and sociopolitical paradigm. the data consisted of nine question-answer exchanges extracted from seven internationally live broadcast interviews. a total of 57 instances of vague language use were analyzed in terms of 21 pragmalinguistic vagueness strategies. implications are that vagueness in political discourse is motivated by a multiplicity of factors such as face management, sociopolitical and situational adaptation, conflict avoidance, and personal characteristics of the interviewers and the respondents. vagueness was also found to be a sign of diplomatic prudence or wisdom.
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Keywords
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political discourse ,pragmalinguistic paradigm ,vagueness strategies ,political discourse ,pragmalinguistic paradigm ,vagueness strategies
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