خلاصة:
Previous literature on the study of identity representation in political discourse has been mainly concerned with the spoken discourse and the representation of self. However, the way different groups of political agents represent others’ identities across languages has not attracted much attention. Using Wodak’s (2007) Discourse Historical approach to CDA, the present study investigates the way EL2 and English speaking political actors and researchers in the context of Iran and the U.S represent others’ identities in their political discourse. Through purposive sampling, 28 English political speeches and columns produced by native and non-native (Persian) speakers of English were selected for analysis. The results of CDA, as well as Chi-square tests of statistical significance, indicated there were differences in the quality and quantity of the strategies employed by the two groups of political agents across language groups. EL2 speakers of English used more implicit, covert, anonymous and less transparent as well as more distant representation strategies than English agents who tended to use more explicit, direct and involved strategies. Implications were drawn for ESP material development at an advanced level.
ملخص الجهاز:
Identity Representation Strategies Used by English and EL2 Political Actors and Researchers Forouzan Rezaei, Corresponding author, PhD Candidate, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Email: f.
Using Wodak’s (2007) Discourse Historical approach to CDA, the present study investigates the way EL2 and English speaking political actors and researchers in the context of Iran and theU.
g. , Arkhetti, 2014, Bayram, 2010; Bwenge, 2009; Ilie, 2010; Jensen, 2008; Lauerbach, 2006; Qaiwer, 2016; Skenderi, 2014; Zhong, 2014), however, have focused on the spoken discourse on the one hand, and self-representation of the political actors, on the other.
The present study aims at investigating the discourse strategies used for representing others by two groups of political agents, holding different degrees of power: political actors and researchers in the contexts of the U.
A study of the English discourse of these two politically (actors and researchers) and culturally (English and Persian) different groups may reflect meaningful patterns of relationships in the strategies they employ for (re)constructing identities.
After identifying and counting the type of perspectivation device/s used in English and EL2 discourse, we examined and compared the occurrence of these strategies in relation to the relevant socio-political context for qualitative analysis.
Alternatively, the discourse producer may be implied to be covert, indirect, vague and distant Second, critical language teaching and advanced level language teachers may need a further understanding of how variations in the identity construction/representation strategies of nomination and perspectivation may be a reflection of the degree of assumed agency arising out of the dominant but invisible forces of hierarchical power relations in a society.