A Critical Analysis of Humor in the Speech of Donald Trump

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dc.contributor.authorBOUSBIA LAICHE, Nousaiba
dc.contributor.authorMESBAHI Kahina, Kahina
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-05T08:43:23Z
dc.date.available2023-09-05T08:43:23Z
dc.date.issued2023-07
dc.descriptionLiterature and Civilizationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe current study aims at analyzing selected samples from Donald Trump‟s humorous speeches delivered in various contexts. It mainly focuses on the strategic and pragmatic functions used in his utterances. To achieve this objective, Gaines‟s theory (2007) is adopted for the strategic functions analysis, as Searl‟s (1976) illocutionary acts theory for the pragmatic analysis. The identification of strategic functions shows that Trump used the dispositional, topical, and personal functions in his speech. The analysis of the findings revealed that he overused the topical function to introduce an issue. Besides, the identification of illocutionary acts indicates the presence of representative acts, directive acts, commissive acts, expressive acts, and declarative acts. The interpretation of the results unveiled the dominance of expressive acts, which reflect Trump‟s psychological state while addressing the audience. The research concludes that the study of both rhetorical and pragmatic functions has made it easy to comprehend the messages in former President Donald Trump‟s speech. It is recommended that additional studies should be conducted to examine the impact of humor on political discussion. Furthermore, it is important to take into account the public‟s perspective regarding Trump‟s use of insulting sarcasm.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.univ-eloued.dz/handle/123456789/27796
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherجامعة الوادي - University of Eloueden_US
dc.subjectHumorous Speech, Illocutionary Acts, Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Strategic Functions.en_US
dc.titleA Critical Analysis of Humor in the Speech of Donald Trumpen_US
dc.typeMasteren_US

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