Indirectness in Cameron's Speech in the Defeated Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: A Pragmatics Study

Saadi Mawj

doi:10.31185/eduj.Vol2.Iss45.2767

Authors

Saadi Mawj مديرية تربية واسط

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31185/eduj.Vol2.Iss45.2767

Keywords:

Indirectness, Political language, Politeness, Brown and Levinson's theory, Grice Maxims, ISIS, Evasion, Innuendo, Name-calling.

Abstract

Abstract

This study investigates indirectness in David Cameron's speech about ISIS by using Brown and Levinson's theory of indirectness as well as Grice's theory of Politeness."Indirectness is a common occurrence. People attempt to express their meanings without articulating them explicitly or move around the subjects under debate in this phenomenon. People have a desire to take advantage of indirectness while talking with people since it allows them to acquire a variety of practical benefits. When it comes to politics, politicians use indirectness extensively in a variety of situations, particularly during interviews with politicians. Because of the crucial function of indirectness in political interviews, they have become a space where a pragmatic inquiry can be conducted. Politicians could reach their objectives in political interviews without even being clear, definite, precise, or sincere."

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