Abstract
An apology is a formal and known acknowledgement that an individual uses when some individuals violate human rights, i.e., apologies emerge when human rights are violated for a reason or another.
 The national apology can be defined as the type of apology that is political, collective, and intrastate which a group of people offer to another by using an appropriate representation. Though the term ‘age of apology’ first emerged two decades ago, the term ‘national apology’, even with age, has continued to be one that is specifically analytically elusive.
 In contrast to interpersonal apologies that exist between individuals, a collective apology is constructed of and directed to definite communities. It is considered as political since it is made by/through political or social companies, institutions or organizations and for past wrongdoings of political characters.
 Using national apology, the speaker tries to be political in his/her speech to be able to achieve his/her aim of the communication. Using different strategies, one of them is national apology, the speaker tries to avoid FTA and get the acceptable response from the audience.
 The aim of this study is to analyze how the speaker uses the national apology in public discourse, the reasons, the constructions and the meaning of this kind of apologies. This study is concerned with investigating the social functions of national apologies.
Highlights
In contrast to interpersonal apologies that exist between individuals, a collective apology is constructed of and directed to definite communities
This study aims at shedding light on the use of this kind of apologies by public figures or group of people apologizing to another group of people
In the Catholic Church, love indicates having to say you're sorry. This is an example of national apology that is presented by a religious man, the Pope
Summary
The act of apology represents a communicative gesture comprising a number of elements: an apology, to be meaningful, should include all components to be present. The apology should first of all express regret and sympathy as well as admission of fault, shortcoming or failing. National apology is one of the most common kinds of apologies. It is a collective, political, and intra-state apology. National apologies have been used widely by politicians and this leads to consider them as a strategy that politicians use when they face humans' right violation. The national apology is used for political reasons; the apologizer tries to be political and give excuses and shows his/her regrets. There is a need to shed light on the other uses and meanings of national apologies. The speaker can be political when he tries to convince and argue about something
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