Abstract

The novel coronavirus is one of the most tragic epidemic diseases the world has ever faced thus far. Therefore, the governments of all countries have taken a range of measures against it. This article preforms a critical analysis on a political discourse, notably president Trump’s March 11, 2020 speech about the global pandemic. Using a multi- disciplinary approach as suggested by representatives of critical discourse analysis, it attempts to unpack or decipher the ideologies behind the discourse on the one hand, and to reveal how the discourse contributes to manipulating the public opinion through structural and contextual features of power and control, on the other hand.

Highlights

  • Coronavirus affliction is a fatal and unprecedented tragic disease that hit humanity with an incommensurable loss of human lives

  • Using a multi- disciplinary approach as suggested by representatives of critical discourse analysis, it attempts to unpack or decipher the ideologies behind the discourse on the one hand, and to reveal how the discourse contributes to manipulating the public opinion through structural and contextual features of power and control, on the other hand

  • We aim here at deciphering, in his text or talk, the ideologies it encodes or obfuscates, as well as pinpointing how Trump has ingeniously used the English language to manipulate the public opinion in order to “emphasize our good actions”

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Introduction

Coronavirus affliction is a fatal and unprecedented tragic disease that hit humanity with an incommensurable loss of human lives. We aim here at deciphering, in his text or talk, the (transparent or hidden) ideologies it encodes or obfuscates, as well as pinpointing how Trump has ingeniously used the English language to manipulate the public opinion in order to “emphasize our good actions” (van Dijk, 2006a, 2006b, 2008).

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