Fields of Text Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Study in light of applying Dell Hymes Speaking Model to Joe Biden's speech on the Middle East (2021)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecturer of linguistics at the Faculty of Arts, English Department, Tanta University.

Abstract

Fields of textual studies and discourse analysis are related to a 
special approach to scientific analysis, and these fields help us 
reach results that enhance our understanding to science in 
general. The term text analysis requires a certain experience, and 
awareness of this term gives us the ability to understand what is 
meant by it in every science. The text is basically a language with
many meanings and various connotations. The fields of textual 
studies and analysis of texts and discourses are based on analysis, 
understanding, and access to the essence and depth of the
readable, audio, or visual text. As any text is considered a 
message and reaching its depth is an end in itself, in this research 
the researcher deals with one of the fields of textual studies and 
discourse analysis by analyzing one of the political speeches of 
US Vice President Joe Biden on the Middle East concerning the 
Palestinian conflict in 2021. In 2021, Israeli shelling has targeted
again the Gaza Strip, Al-Quds Al-Sharif, Al-Aqsa Mosque and 
the Palestinian lands. Among the most famous reactions on this 
issue are the reactions of American presidents to what is 
happening in Gaza such as killing, destruction and sabotage. In 
this research, the researcher reflects the reaction of American 
officials towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2021 through 
analyzing certain speeches presented by American presidents 
such as that presented by the US vice president Joe Biden given 
to the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in 2021, explaining his 
tendencies that a cycle of violence between Israelis and 
Palestinians would end soon. 

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