The Pragmatic Functions of Propaganda Techniques in Al-Abadi's Selected Political Speeches
Abstract
Today, using propaganda becomes very prevalent in the world and it is easier to spread than it has ever been. It can be used by politicians, military states, advertisers, media, and social matters. The present study identifies propaganda techniques that are used by the ex-prime minister Haider Al-Abadi in his speeches. Also, it accounts for the pragmatic functions of these techniques. A lot of attention is being paid, as well to the (im)politeness strategies that are interrelated within these techniques. It hypothesizes that politicians use propaganda because they have certain intentions and these intentions are reflected in the choice of the techniques. Also, it hypothesizes that Iraqi politicians try to be polite in that they do their best in order not to use impoliteness strategies and use politeness strategies instead. The following procedures are adopted: (1) choosing certain speeches of Al-Abadi (2) Analyzing six political speeches according to the synthetic model that we have adopted. The findings of the analysis confirm the above-mentioned hypotheses.