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BIDENS SPEECH AT JORDANS KING VISIT FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF US PERSPECTIVE ON ISRAELPALESTINE WAR

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).07      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).07      Published : Mar 2024

Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War

Abstract

    The study is the investigation of Biden's speech delivered at Jordan's King Abdullah II visit amid the Israel-Palestine war for an immediate ceasefire. The study aims to explore the US perspective on the Israel-Palestine war through Biden's speech. Purposive sampling of US President Biden's recent speech delivered on February 13th, 2024, is done to investigate the contemporary perspective of the US on the Israel-Palestine war using Fairclough's three-dimensional model. Findings revealed that, at the description level, values of words and grammar through contrastive schemes represent specific ideologies associated with Hamas and Israel. At the interpretation level, text and context indicate Hamas as the only one responsible for the chaos and Israel as the bearer of circumstances. At the explanation phase, the speech seems normative as the US projects its diplomatic role as a global power in sustaining peace and seems to support Israel due to shared cultural values. 

    (1) Shahid Aslam
    M.Phil English, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Abdul Haseeb Ezmi
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sundas Rafique
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Bahuddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Aslam, S., Ezmi, A. H., & Rafique, S. (2024). Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War. Global Social Sciences Review, IX(I), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).07

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    CHICAGO : Aslam, Shahid, Abdul Haseeb Ezmi, and Sundas Rafique. 2024. "Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I): 59-75 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).07

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    HARVARD : ASLAM, S., EZMI, A. H. & RAFIQUE, S. 2024. Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War. Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 59-75.

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    MHRA : Aslam, Shahid, Abdul Haseeb Ezmi, and Sundas Rafique. 2024. "Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 59-75

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    MLA : Aslam, Shahid, Abdul Haseeb Ezmi, and Sundas Rafique. "Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War." Global Social Sciences Review, IX.I (2024): 59-75 Print.

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    OXFORD : Aslam, Shahid, Ezmi, Abdul Haseeb, and Rafique, Sundas (2024), "Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I), 59-75

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    TURABIAN : Aslam, Shahid, Abdul Haseeb Ezmi, and Sundas Rafique. "Biden's Speech at Jordan's King Visit for Immediate Ceasefire : A Critical Discourse Analysis of US Perspective on Israel-Palestine War." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. I (2024): 59-75. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).07