Some Persuasive Strategies and Their Implications in the Political Discourse of War: A Critical Discoursal Analysis
Abstract
Politicians exploit language so as to persuade people for supporting their decisions. They construct their language for political purposes; they use language that can ensure the application of their ideologies, and hide their intended political meaning. Thus, politicians adopt different strategies in presenting their arguments in order to get the benefit they are looking for . Wareing argues that politicians choose their words skillfully because they know that certain words have strong influence on peoples' attitudes, affect peoples' perceptions, and direct and control peoples' thoughts and beliefs. For his part, Bayram ( 2010: 24 ) believes that politics is a struggle for power in order to put certain political, economic and social ideas into practice, to make a decision, to control other peoples' behaviours and usually to control their values