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ERIC Number: EJ1209788
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0555-7747
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Association vs Disassociation: An Analysis of Inclusive and Exclusive Plural Personal Pronouns in the Pakistani Parliamentary Speeches
Ranjha, Mazhar Iqbal; Islam, Muhammad
Bulletin of Education and Research, v40 n2 p195-205 Aug 2018
Politicians usually use plural personal pronouns we and us to highlight their qualities or positive aspects or of their in-group members. They also use these pronouns to represent a team, group or an organization and show shared responsibilities. This paper employs CDA approach to analyze the discursive practice of using inclusive and exclusive Urdu plural personal pronouns "ham" (we) and "hamain" (us) by the Pakistani Parliamentarians for showing association and disassociation, and see how they use these pronouns for including and excluding their fellow Parliamentarians in their in-group or out group participating the third joint session (September 2, 2014 to September 19, 2014). The paper analyzes nine of the Parliamentary speeches of the three leading parliamentary parties, three from each PML-N, PPP and PTI parties made during Islamabad sit-in 2014. The result shows that selected Parliamentarians used the first-person plural inclusive and exclusive to achieve certain objectives. They used the inclusive pronouns to include Parliamentarians and other political parties in their in-group when they aimed at showing unity, creating harmony, sharing responsibilities and invoking the sense of responsibility among their colleagues. They used the exclusive pronouns when they meant to highlight the positive aspects of their parties, show their loyalty and sincerity to the system and mention their efforts and sacrifices made for the democracy. The study may have important implications for political discourse analysis and language teaching in Pakistani classrooms.
Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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