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NEGOTIATING PEACE A DISCOURSEBASED ANALYSIS OF HINA RABBANI KHARS POLITICAL SPEECHES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).40      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).40      Published : Mar 2020

Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches

Abstract

    This research paper seeks to examine and analyze the political discourse of Hina Rabbani Khar as the foreign minister of Pakistan. The paper will try to figure out her ideological conception by closely studying the language. The focus will be laid on exploring things such as gender, power, language, and political ideology.Further, this paper is an effort to understand her political discourse on media to maintain peaceful relations with India. Data collection is based on the following research questions. The Discourse Historical Approach,a famous model for discourse analysis by Ruth Wodak, is applied to all the used references in the paper. The study concludes that her choice of words is constructive and positive. Her discourse is directed to create a balanced relationship between power and agency. Her words depict a peaceful, negotiable, and positive approach to foreign policy. The text of her speeches shows the effort of her government (PPP) to represent a good foreign policy

    Discourse Historical Approach, Political Discourse, Power, Gender, Politics, Foreign Policy, Peace

    (1) Shazia Bukhari
    PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Shahid Nawaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Hammad Hussain Shah
    PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Bukhari, S., Nawaz, S., & Shah, M. H. H. (2020). Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches. Global Political Review, V(I), 370-381. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).40

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Bukhari, Shazia, Shahid Nawaz, and Muhammad Hammad Hussain Shah. 2020. "Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches." Global Political Review, V (I): 370-381 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).40

HARVARD

    HARVARD : BUKHARI, S., NAWAZ, S. & SHAH, M. H. H. 2020. Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches. Global Political Review, V, 370-381.

MHRA

    MHRA : Bukhari, Shazia, Shahid Nawaz, and Muhammad Hammad Hussain Shah. 2020. "Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches." Global Political Review, V: 370-381

MLA

    MLA : Bukhari, Shazia, Shahid Nawaz, and Muhammad Hammad Hussain Shah. "Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches." Global Political Review, V.I (2020): 370-381 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Bukhari, Shazia, Nawaz, Shahid, and Shah, Muhammad Hammad Hussain (2020), "Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches", Global Political Review, V (I), 370-381

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Bukhari, Shazia, Shahid Nawaz, and Muhammad Hammad Hussain Shah. "Negotiating Peace: A Discourse-based Analysis of Hina Rabbani Khar's Political Speeches." Global Political Review V, no. I (2020): 370-381. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).40