Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Algerian Presidents’ Political Speeches The Case of President A. Bouteflika (1999) and President A. Tebboune (2019)

Abstract

This research study aims to uncover the discursive devices utilized by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during his speech on April 15, 1999, and those used by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during his speech on December 19, 2019. The study also seeks to reveal the implicit ideologies conveyed in their speeches. The main question raised in this research is how CDA can uncover discursive devices and ideologies in political speeches. To address our research question and meet the requirements of our investigation, we will conduct corpus research using corpus linguistics. Additionally, we will utilize Van Dijk's model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a framework. Consequently, analyzing the speeches using this framework requires both a micro-level and macro-level analysis. At the micro-level, we count the frequency and percentage of discursive devices used by both presidents. At the macro-level, we compare the usage of positive self-representation and negative other-representation strategies in both Presidents' speeches. This approach allows CDA to reveal discursive devices and ideologies present in political speeches. The findings show that the president Bouteflika used seven devices out of 25 and used positive-self representation explicitly whilst he used negative-other representation implicitly in his speech. Whereas, the president Tebboune used 10 devices out of 25 and he only employs positive-self representation.