Donald Trump’s Denial Speeches of the 2020 United States Presidential Election’s Results: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

• Published in: Advances in language and literary studies Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 32 - 40
• Main Authors: Saedeen, Mohammad, AlBzour, Naser N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Footscray Australian International Academic Centre PTY. Ltd (AIAC) 01.01.2022; Australian International Academic Centre PTY, LTD
• Subjects: Antisocial Behavior; Classification; Critical discourse analysis; Discourse Analysis; Election results; Elections; Empathy; Evidentiality; Language ideologies; Language Usage; Lexicalization; Literary Devices; Political Attitudes; Political discourse; Presidential elections; Presidents; Rhetorical figures; Self Concept; Speeches; Text analysis; Text Structure; Trump, Donald J; Victims; Voting; United States > US

The primary concern of the present study is to provide a critical discourse analysis of Donald Trump’s denial speeches of the 2020 United States presidential election’s results. Using Van Dijk’s framework of critical discourse analysis, this study investigates the linguistic features in five speeche...