Representative Speech Research Articles

Understanding right-wing populists’ anti-abortion politics in Turkey: The symbolic violence of the state

This study investigates how symbolic violence is shaping anti-abortion stances associated with legitimising right-wing populist policies. The prominent questions are as follows: What are the institutional and politico-administrative mechanisms that are impacting anti-abortion politics in terms of material and symbolic violence? How and to what extent does anti-abortion politics influence the interplay between symbolic and material state violence? The study argues that reproduction-centred policies and material and symbolic violence have intensified through anti-abortion politics in the discursive context of the social reproduction crisis in Turkey. It explores the institutional actions and the legitimation mechanisms of anti-abortion policies in relation to the penetration of right-wing populist politics after the authoritarian turn of 2010. This qualitative case study uses critical discourse analysis. It interprets the public speeches of representatives of the government and documentary data concerning the ruling party’s programmes, development plans and relevant legislation. The research provides a gendered perspective on the anti-abortion policies that anchor right-wing populism in terms of the crisis of social reproduction. It also contributes to critical state theory and pre-existing feminist scholarship on right-wing populism.

Illocutionary Speech Acts on Stickers as Promotional Media of Mangroves Ecotourism in Bangkalan, Madura

The primary goal of this research is to find the lingual forms and meanings of the language in vehicle stickers used as promotional media to increase ecotourism possibilities throughout the Mangroves Ecotourism area of Bangkalan by means of illocutionary speech acts. In this research, the descriptive and qualitative research methods were used. The data for this research came from a form of vehicle sticker that was first investigated to promote Mangrove Ecotourism in Bangkalan, Madura. The following Mangrove Ecotourism sites were included in this research: Labuhan Mangrove Education Park Bangkalan, Mangrove Martajasah, and Mangrove Tajungan, Kamal. The research carried out adopted George Yule's pragmatic theory and J.R Searle's illocutionary speech act as the theoretical framework, which provides a good explanation of the representative speech act, directive speech act, expressive speech act, commissive speech act, and declarative speech act. Then, concluded that directive speech act plays a major form of this research’s finding and discussion and representative speech act as the second form whose type is commonly used in the sticker as promotional media.

An Analysis of Representative Speech Acts in Selected Subordinate Courts of Law in Kenya

An Analysis of Representative Speech Acts in Selected Subordinate Courts of Law in Kenya

Segmental Influences on the Perception of High Pitch Accent Scaling in American English.

Researchers investigating a broad array of questions in spoken language prosody routinely base their arguments on measurements taken from the F0 contours of representative speech samples. These analyses, however, frequently involve abstracting F0 contours away from the segmental strings that bear them, potentially overlooking in the process the role played by segmental qualities such as sonority or periodicity in the realization of F0 patterns by speakers and their interpretation by listeners. This paper reports the results of two experiments investigating how perception of F0 contours is affected by the segmental string over which those contours are realized. The first focuses on gaps in F0 contours created by voiceless obstruents such as stops and fricatives, while the second investigates F0 intervals spanning lower-sonority voiced segments, such as nasals and voiced fricatives. While these two scenarios might at first seem unrelated, we argue that listeners treat both with a single mechanism in perception, namely, by reducing (potentially to zero) the amount of weight accorded to those portions of the contour for determination of the speaker's intended F0 scaling level. We present an account of both effects within a unified model of F0 scaling perception called TCoG-F, with discussion of its implications for phonetic and phonological intonation research going forward.

Analisis Tindak Tutur Representatif Coki Pardede Dalam Tayangan Video Why So Serious? Pada Kanal Youtube Malaka Project

YouTube videos are one of the media that disseminate information quickly and can be reached by all circles of society. One of the YouTube videos that disseminates useful information is the Malaka Project YouTube channel which has the goal of realizing a golden Indonesia in 2045. The purpose of this study is to analyze the types and forms of representative speech acts contained in the Why So Serious? video hosted by Coki Pardede. Representative speech acts bind the speaker to the truth conveyed. This research article uses a theoretical approach, namely a pragmatic approach by analyzing the types and forms of representative speech acts. The research used descriptive qualitative method to analyze related data. The data were obtained from five videos in the Why So Serious? section of the YouTube channel, and the data collection technique used listening and recording techniques. Researchers listened to the Why So Serious videos, then recorded and recorded utterances that contained representative speech acts. The data analysis technique used pairing technique to examine the representative speech acts. From the data analysis that has been done, it is found that the representative utterances state, demand, admit, report, show, mention, testify and speculate. The results of the analysis in this article are expected to add a deeper understanding and knowledge of representative speech acts and their uses, knowledge of their types, as well as the types of representative speech acts.

Просодические маркеры состояния «радость» (на примере языковых реализаций кабардинцев-билингвов в регионе Кавказские Минеральные Воды)

The present study is devoted to the study of ethnospecific features of the expression of emotions in the speech of representatives of Kabardian and Russian ethnogroups of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region based on the material of an experimental corpus of quasi-spontaneous audio files-dialogues marked with the emotional state "joy", recorded by representatives of Russian and Kabardian ethnogroups. The aim of the study is to identify nationally specific prosodic markers of the state of "joy" based on the material of the Russian and Kabardian ethnogroups of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. The scientific novelty of the study consists in identifying ethnically conditioned signs that manifest the difference in emotionally marked communication models in the speech of North Caucasian bilinguals. Acoustic analysis of the material showed differences in the sound characteristics of speech between the Russian and the interfered variants, such as an increase in the intervals of raising and lowering the tone, an expansion of the tonal range of the phrase and changes in the formant values of vowels. The results obtained prove that both the formant picture of the studied replicas in the implementation of Kabardian and Russian ethnogroups and the data of the level of phrasal prosody are ethnically conditioned, and emotionally marked communication models differ in qualitative characteristics.

A Pragmatic Study of Fabrication in Israeli Newspaper Articles

The present study is concerned with the concept of fabrication through the lenis of pragmatics. The study aims to investigate the aspects of fabrication in Israeli news reports concerning the war of Gaza. The present study aims at finding out the cues of fabricated news reports and finding out what are the speech acts that are mostly used in news fabrication. The study come up with the following results: Israeli news reports use certain cues to fabricate their reports such as delivering half of the truth and lying. The reporters resorts mainly to representative speech act of reporting as they deliver the fabricated news from the military leaders.

The Politics of Youth Representation at Climate Change Conferences: Who Speaks, Who Is Spoken of, and Who Listens?

Abstract In this article, we examine how young climate activists make use of the United Nations (UN) constituency system to give voice to children and youth in global climate governance. Our study is based on a mapping of accredited youth nongovernmental organizations (YOUNGO) as well as fieldwork at two UN Climate Change Conferences, where we conducted interviews, observed events, and analyzed plenary interventions. Informed by constructivist accounts of political representation, the article pays attention to the performative relationship between institutionalized means of youth representation and “the represented.” When analyzing our material, we asked who speaks for youth, how youth are spoken of, and how institutions shape representative speech. Our study identifies three subject positions that offer competing interpretations of who youth are as a political community and what they want. Rather than taking youth’s demands and interests as a starting point for representative politics, the article illustrates how the UN constituency system actively constructs youth and effectively molds young climate activists into professional insiders.

Фонетические изоглоссы в речи черкесских репатриантов в Кабардино-Балкарской Респуб-лике

The article examines phonetic isoglosses in the speech of Circassian repatriates living in the Ka-bardino-Balkarian Republic in comparison with the literary Kabardino-Circassian language. The study of the speech of Circassian repatriates from Syria and Turkey is of scientific interest not on-ly for linguists but also for historians and ethnographers. It appears that archaic forms of some consonants maintained in the dialects and dialects of the literary Kabardino-Circassian language are seen in the speech of representatives of Circassian repatriates. It is noted that negations are expressed using negative affixes –I/ –k as synonyms, and the statement is a morpheme–c; the pro-cess of affrication of palatalized posterior consonants is not yet complete, soft hissing spirants f and w are frequently heard in speech, etc. Some vocalism system anomalies are observed in repat-riates’ speech. It is concluded that Circassian repatriates in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic speak with a variety of phonetic traits.

“Decolonizationˮ and “Deimperializationˮ: Modern Western Policy Towards Fragmentation of Russia

Introduction. Multinational Russia at various stages of its existence faces the playing out of the national question by opposing geopolitical centers. The discourse of “decolonization” and “deimperialization” of Russia has acquired a new level of relevance in the international arena after February 24, 2022. The purpose of the article is to identify and investigate the features of the destructive form of ethno-political mobilization in the regions of the Russian Federation through the construction and promotion of the discourse of “decolonization” and “deimperialization” of Russia by Western states. Materials and Methods. The materials used in the study include U.S. legal documents, resolutions of the European Parliament, publications and speeches of representatives of the Western political elite and scientific and expert community, materials of the United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, content of various organizations, foreign mass media and media foreign agents. The methodological basis of the study is represented by systemic, geopolitical and instrumentalist approaches, as well as such methods as monitoring, discourse analysis and content analysis. Results. The narrative of “deimperialization” and “decolonization” of Russia in the publications of the Western scientific and expert community and media materials is studied, and the political technologies of Western states oriented at the actualization of ethnic nationalism and, as a consequence, separatist tendencies in the regions of the Russian Federation are revealed. Western projects of practical policy oriented at actualization of national contradictions in the Russian Federation are implemented mainly through the following initiatives: holding events dedicated to “decolonization” and “deimperialization” of Russia; using representatives of Western-oriented national elites to actualize separatist tendencies in the regions of the Russian Federation; adopting declarations on “liberation” of the peoples of Russia from “colonial” dependence; popularization of information about the need for “decolonization”; and the use of the “decolonization” of Russia. Discussion and Conclusion. “Decolonization” and “deimperialization” of Russia are focused on the implementation of a destructive form of ethno-political mobilization and fragmentation of the Russian Federation along national lines of settlement. The authors identify five technologies for the formation of ethnic nationalism in the regions of the Russian Federation, which are used by Western states in the process of modern confrontation with Russia. The results of the study will be useful for public authorities at both regional and federal levels to develop a set of measures aimed at countering the playing of the “national card” on the territory of Russia by competing geopolitical centers.

A Pragmatic Study of the “Supplication of Complainers” by Imam Ali Al-Sajjad

The present study is an attempt to analyse Imam Ali Al-Sajjad’s “Supplication of Complainers” pragmatically. This concept is selected to be studied due to its importance in daily life and there are few researches about it, as far as the researcher knows. The present study mainly aims to answer the following question: What are the types of main speech acts, speech act strategies and auxiliary speech acts and their frequency in the Supplication of Complainers. It is hypothesized that: the most commonly main speech act is representative. Representative speech act strategy of complaining is mostly used Explanation is the most dominant auxiliary speech act. Quantitative analysis is used (using frequencies and percentages) as well as qualitative (using Searle’s 1969 classification of speech acts and van Dijk’s 1977 classification of auxiliary speech acts) analysis of the data. After analysing the data, it has been concluded that the above hypotheses are verified.

The Jargon of «AUE» Criminal Organization (from the Practice of Forensic Linguistic Examinations)

The criminal plans disclosure and the illegal activities suppression, the implementation of forensic linguistic examinations is complicated by the presence of a special secret language in the criminal world. In this regard, it is necessary to study and systematize such jargon, create vocabularies. The extremist organization «Prisoner Criminal Unity» (AUE), the study of the jargon of which is undertaken in this article is especially dangerous and the most closed. The article is devoted to the consideration of some features of the language characteristic for AUE representatives concerning naming, abbreviation, word formation, obligatory cliched expressions at meetings and in the epistolary genre. It is established that the speech of the AUE representatives reflects their mental values, among which they themselves call the thieves’ brotherhood, the thieves’ family and strict adherence to its principles. The language of this extremist organization is difficult to learn largely due to the fact that it lacks a common governing body, a leader, and each place of detention has its own leader, its own language rules and features. These linguistic units are either not recorded in the criminal jargon dictionaries, or have territorial specifics. A short dictionary of basic language units used by representatives of AUE in places of detention of the Southern Federal District of the Russian Federation is proposed.

Модель системного описания арготизмов, инкорпорированных в ткань художественного текста (на материале романа Клод Изнер “Sang dessus dessous”)

As a part of testing the intermediate results of a study of the argotic component in a literary work, this paper examines the elements of traditional and general argot incorporated into the fabric of the modern French crime novel. The model of a multidimensional argot analysis, first proposed by E. M. Beregovskaya and subsequently supplemented by T. I. Retinskaya, allows us to give a versatile characterization of uncodified elements that exist in the everyday speech of representatives of various professional groups. The paper attempts to test a model of a systematic description of argot units compiled on the basis of the key elements of the model of a multidimensional argot analysis and supplemented by the following components: 1) a portrait of the characters using argot units; 2) a functional analysis of argot blocks; 3) a description of the author’s nonce words recorded in the novel. Thus, the aim of the research is to form an algorithm for describing argot units that illuminates the stylistic functions of non-conventional lexemes in a literary text to the fullest extent. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that the components analyzed in this paper were previously used separately, they are being implemented for the first time within the framework of an aggregate model. As a result of the research, the algorithm for a systematic characterization of uncodified lexemes recorded in the text of a literary work has been formed.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE AND SPEECH ACTS IN "THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES": A STUDY ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

Abstract This study explores the intricacies of figurative language and speech acts within five selected short stories from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." Through a qualitative analysis grounded in the theories of Austin and Searle for speech acts, and further supported by the descriptive insights of figurative language as discussed by Adiwangsa Sakinah (2023) and Ampa Quraisy (2018), this research aims to identify the dominant types of speech acts and the underlying meanings conveyed through figurative expressions. The methodology encompasses content analysis, with the researcher herself acting as the primary instrument, supplemented by digital tools for text examination. The findings reveal the prevalence of directive, expressive, and representative speech acts manifested in similes, metaphors, and metonyms, underscoring the significance of these linguistic features in enhancing the interpretative richness of literary texts. This study contributes to the broader discourse on linguistic analysis in literature, offering insights into the dynamic interplay between language form and function, and its educational implications in English Language and Arts curricula.

DUGAAN UJARAN PENGHINAAN DAN PENGANCAMAN DI MEDIA SOSIAL: KAJIAN LINGUISTIK FORENSIK

This study analyzes the content of Facebook status comprising of the written status and its picture assumed to use insulting and threatening words toward Indonesian President Joko Widodo. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method by using Searle’s (1976) speech act theory as well as Kress and Leeuwen’s (2021) multimodality. The analyzes shows that there are 4 representative speech acts, 3 expressive speech acts, and two directives speech acts on the Facebook status. Moreover, this study also shows that the verbal element extends the visual element, providing additional information about the main object being discussed. The verbal mode is not dependent on the visual mode so the written status on the Facebook can be reported to the police as an offence warranting complaint based on the verbal mode only. However, the visual mode cannot be carried out to the authorities and reported as an offence warranting complaint because the visual mode has does not correspond with the verbal mode.

Genesis and interpretation of the “precariat” concept in the countries of Western and Eastern Europe

The purpose of the article is to systematize a number of scientific works devoted to the conceptualization of the concept of the precariat, which received active theoretical elaboration at the beginning of the XX century. The relevance of the works devoted to the precariat is explained by the speeches of representatives of this social group in European countries at the beginning of the XXI century. One of the tasks of the article is to solve the “black box” G. Standing, which denoted the relationship of the newly formed social group with social processes outlined in the works of P. Bourdieu, J. Habermas and a number of other sociologists. The author also devotes a separate role to the analysis of the precariat by scientists in Western and Eastern Europe. Sociologists of Western Europe have focused on the designation of a newly formed social group in the socio-class structure of modern society. At the end of the article, the definition of two concepts, “precariat” and “precariatization”, which can contribute to the categorization of a social group in sociological theory, is given.

Analisis Tindak Tutur Ilokusi dalam Video Cerita Rakyat pada Kanal Youtube Dongeng Kita

Speech acts are one of the objects of pragmatic study which relate human behavior to the means of speech. There are three types of speech acts in pragmatics, namely illocutionary, locutionary, and perlocutionary. Illocutionary acts as a type of speech act function to say and carry out an action, which is divided into representative, directive, expressive, commissive, and declarative speech acts. This research aims to examine and describe words, phrases, clauses, or sentences containing illocutionary speech acts in folklore videos on the Dongeng Kita YouTube channel, each of which has the title “Cerita Rakyat Sumatera Barat (Malin Kundang)”, “Cerita Rakyat Sumatera Barat (Legenda Dayang Bandir dan Sandean Raja)”, “Cerita Rakyat Jambi (Negeri Lumpur)”, “Cerita Rakyat Jambi (Dusun Selat)”, dan “Cerita Rakyat Bangka Belitung (Asal Mula Pulau Kapal)”. The research method applied is a qualitative descriptive method with free-involved listening techniques followed by note-taking techniques. The results of the analysis carried out were that there were 66 utterances including illocutionary speech acts, which were classified into 17 representative speech acts, 21 directive speech acts, 19 expressive speech acts, 5 commissive speech acts, and 4 declaration speech acts. This research has broad benefits for understanding communication, language analysis, developing communication skills, and contributing to communication theory and related scientific disciplines.

A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Political Speech on COVID-19 from the Perspective of Speech Act Theory

As crucial instruments of power, political speeches significantly impact individuals’ political lives. Utilizing Austin’s Speech Act theory as a theoretical framework, this study comparatively analyzes the initial speeches given by the presidents of China and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to uncover the manner in which both presidents convey their political attitudes through illocutionary acts and investigate the value disparities embedded within their speech acts. The results indicate that the Chinese political address related to COVID-19 includes a greater frequency of directive and representative speech, accentuating the significance of summation and guidance while mirroring China’s status as a socialist nation that prioritizes its citizens. Conversely, the American discourse features more expressive and directive language, underlining the role of speech in modulating public emotions and articulating the speaker’s personal political agenda. This research substantiates and illustrates the practicality of employing Speech Act Theory in political discourse analysis, aiming to enlighten future research within the realm of discourse investigation.

EXPRESSIVE LOVE VOCABULARY IN THE LETTERS OF TATIANA AND ONEGIN

The crucial aspect of constructing a fictional text lies in identifying linguistic clichés and speech patterns that reflect the speaker’s thinking, behaviour, and cultural background. This is particularly important when exploring the love theme description in A.S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” and examining expressive and semantic speech mechanisms. The research aims to consider the techniques of using expressive language units of love context in the letters of the novel “Eugene Onegin”. The research offers novel insights into the extensive use of love vocabulary and illogical thematic organization in Onegin’s letter, providing a contrasting expressive context and character portrayal. It highlights the absence of letter etiquette and explores the significance of love letters in fiction. To achieve the research objectives, various methods, such as descriptive, content analysis, and comparative approaches, were employed. The research findings highlighted that comprehending linguistic clichés and speech standards, specifically their semantics and expressive nature, is essential for readers to grasp and fully immerse themselves in the depicted reality within the text. The love lexicon of the textual letters of the characters in A.S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” is no longer one of the elements reproduced and quoted in the text, but has become an important structural tool for describing the theme of love in the fiction text. The significance of the linguistic organization of the fragments representing the letters of Tatiana and Onegin is noted by Pushkin already at the level of the way they are included in the overall text. These ways include the introduction of the letters by a separate title, provided that neither chapters nor stanzas of the novel have titles, as well as the presence of special segments of text in the lyrical digressions, indicating a certain singularity of the letters. In addition, it has been determined that in the novel the synthesis of love vocabulary and expression has been developed in a linguistic-genre context of a higher level: the novel is permeated with the properties of lyrical poetry. In the composition of the text, such properties have found a clear form in the two most representative speech genres: in the love letter and the author’s multi-thematic and multidimensional reflections on love in the lyrical digressions. The practical significance lies in the use of the research results by scholars, as well as specialists in the field of linguistics and literary studies.

HOW THE CANCER EXPERIENCE AFFECTS THE USAGE OF SPEECH ACTS IN LEBANESE ADOLESCENTS

The aim of this study is to investigate the type of speech acts that Lebanese adolescents mostly use when talking about their experience with cancer. Generally, it is hard for people who have cancer to talk about their painful experience. More importantly, the whole experience could influence one’s choice of speech acts as well. Hence, the study attempts to identify speech acts in Lebanese adolescents' interview transcripts to further investigate how the illness experience could shape their choice of speech acts. The study uses a mixed model since it implements both the qualitative and quantitative method. Content analysis is implemented to identify speech acts in the interview transcripts based on Searle's (1969) and Yule's (1996) speech act theories. Quantitative analysis is implemented to account for the frequency of speech acts in the interview transcripts. The findings indicate that Lebanese adolescents mostly use expressive speech acts when talking about their experience with cancer. Expressive speech acts form 62% of the total percentage of speech acts in interview transcripts, followed by 38% of representative speech acts that are provided to convey facts or information. Regarding their attitude towards physicians, Lebanese adolescents tend to implement representative speech acts at 75% compared to 25% of speech act usage of expressives. The findings indicate the emotional involvement that Lebanese adolescents feel when depicting the hard moments they experience, the feelings of loss, and loneliness, as well the gratitude they express towards their supporting families. However, when expressing their attitude towards their physicians, emotional detachment prevails as adolescents use more representatives to provide information or facts about how physicians approach them. The present study could be further developed to investigate the attitudes of a larger sample of adolescents suffering from cancer as well as identifying the types of speech acts they use when talking about their experience with cancer. It could also lead to future suggestions and solutions that physicians could benefit from to enhance their relationship with their adolescent cancer patients and provide more support by implementing more expressive speech acts.