http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/girr.2022(V-I).07
10.31703/girr.2022(V-I).07
Published : Mar 2022
Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly
The purpose of this study is to analyze the persuasive strategies used by political leaders of the sub-continent in their speeches at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly held in 2019. The researcher adopted a mixed-method approach to analyze the data. The sample of this study was the political speeches made by Imran Khan, Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina Wajid in UN GA to represent their countries as Prime Minister. All of the Sub-continent leaders employed more or less persuasive strategies to convince their audiences such as allusion, contrasts, rhetorical questions, statistical figures and inclusive language.
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Persuasive Strategies, Political Speeches, Sub-continent Leaders, UN General Assembly
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(1) Naila Ijaz
Lecturer English, Government Graduate College for Women, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Waqar Raza
Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Ahsan
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.
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APA : Ijaz, N., Raza, W., & Ahsan, M. (2022). Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly. Global International Relations Review, V(I), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2022(V-I).07
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CHICAGO : Ijaz, Naila, Waqar Raza, and Muhammad Ahsan. 2022. "Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly." Global International Relations Review, V (I): 71-81 doi: 10.31703/girr.2022(V-I).07
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HARVARD : IJAZ, N., RAZA, W. & AHSAN, M. 2022. Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly. Global International Relations Review, V, 71-81.
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MHRA : Ijaz, Naila, Waqar Raza, and Muhammad Ahsan. 2022. "Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly." Global International Relations Review, V: 71-81
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MLA : Ijaz, Naila, Waqar Raza, and Muhammad Ahsan. "Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly." Global International Relations Review, V.I (2022): 71-81 Print.
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OXFORD : Ijaz, Naila, Raza, Waqar, and Ahsan, Muhammad (2022), "Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly", Global International Relations Review, V (I), 71-81
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TURABIAN : Ijaz, Naila, Waqar Raza, and Muhammad Ahsan. "Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly." Global International Relations Review V, no. I (2022): 71-81. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2022(V-I).07