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APPEALS IN POLITICAL RHETORIC ABOUT COVID19 POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES BY PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).02      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).02      Published : Jun 2020

Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan

    This study is basically an analysis using political discourse, with an angle to investigate the appeals in political rhetoric. This study uses Aristotle's model for persuasion and to find out the ethos, logos and pathos elements in the speeches of Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan. This study is presenting the analysis of Imran Khan's first three speeches on the panic situation of the spread of corona-virus. The study reveals that there is a sizeable use of logos and pathos in the speeches on Covid19. Using pathos in the speeches, there is the use of different appeals, i.e. fear, nationhood, hope and religion. There is significant use of fear and religious appeal in the category of pathos, while the use of logical appeal was also in ample size.

    Covid19, Corona Virus, Political Communication, Imran Khan Speeches, Discourse Analysis. Aristotle
    (1) Tahir Mahmood
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muqarrab Akbar
    Professor (Chairman), Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. (Corresponding Author)
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    APA : Mahmood, T., Bhatti, M. A., & Akbar, M. (2020). Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Global Political Review, V(II), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).02
    CHICAGO : Mahmood, Tahir, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Muqarrab Akbar. 2020. "Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan." Global Political Review, V (II): 11-21 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).02
    HARVARD : MAHMOOD, T., BHATTI, M. A. & AKBAR, M. 2020. Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Global Political Review, V, 11-21.
    MHRA : Mahmood, Tahir, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Muqarrab Akbar. 2020. "Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan." Global Political Review, V: 11-21
    MLA : Mahmood, Tahir, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Muqarrab Akbar. "Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan." Global Political Review, V.II (2020): 11-21 Print.
    OXFORD : Mahmood, Tahir, Bhatti, Muhammad Ahsan, and Akbar, Muqarrab (2020), "Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan", Global Political Review, V (II), 11-21
    TURABIAN : Mahmood, Tahir, Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti, and Muqarrab Akbar. "Appeals in Political Rhetoric about Covid19: Political Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan." Global Political Review V, no. II (2020): 11-21. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-II).02