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SWAMPED BY MUSLIMS A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PAULINE HANSONS MAIDEN SPEECH 2016

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2022(V-I).11      10.31703/gdpmr.2022(V-I).11      Published : Mar 2022

Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016

Abstract

    This article explores the recent upsurge of using prejudicial discourses in political communication. Following in the footprints of US president Donald Trump many right-wing populist politicians around the world used the strategies of fear to coerce policy making. This article examines the implicit and explicit discursive strategies that were used by Australian Senator Pauline Hanson in order to persuade policymakers to stop immigration and ban the woman's headscarf. The study involves a critical discourse analysis of the maiden speech delivered by Pauline Hanson in Parliament in 2016. The article focuses on the methodologies of Van Dijk's Ideological Square and Ruth Wodak's discourse -historical approach to inspect the linguistic devices used. The findings of the study show that Pauline Hanson used certain lexical choices to represent Australian Muslims as the 'Other' and politicized the issue to achieve her long-lasting wish of banning the immigrants.

    Muslims, Discourse Analysis, Political Speech, Islam, Australia, Islamophobia, Strategies.

    (1) Adeel Shahzad
    Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Yasin Sultan Raja
    Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Rehan Zafar
    Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Shahzad, A., Raja, M. Y. S., & Zafar, M. R. (2022). Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016. Global Digital & Print Media Review, V(I), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2022(V-I).11

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Shahzad, Adeel, Muhammad Yasin Sultan Raja, and Muhammad Rehan Zafar. 2022. "Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016." Global Digital & Print Media Review, V (I): 107-119 doi: 10.31703/gdpmr.2022(V-I).11

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    HARVARD : SHAHZAD, A., RAJA, M. Y. S. & ZAFAR, M. R. 2022. Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016. Global Digital & Print Media Review, V, 107-119.

MHRA

    MHRA : Shahzad, Adeel, Muhammad Yasin Sultan Raja, and Muhammad Rehan Zafar. 2022. "Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016." Global Digital & Print Media Review, V: 107-119

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    MLA : Shahzad, Adeel, Muhammad Yasin Sultan Raja, and Muhammad Rehan Zafar. "Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016." Global Digital & Print Media Review, V.I (2022): 107-119 Print.

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    OXFORD : Shahzad, Adeel, Raja, Muhammad Yasin Sultan, and Zafar, Muhammad Rehan (2022), "Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016", Global Digital & Print Media Review, V (I), 107-119

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Shahzad, Adeel, Muhammad Yasin Sultan Raja, and Muhammad Rehan Zafar. "Swamped By Muslims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pauline Hanson's Maiden Speech 2016." Global Digital & Print Media Review V, no. I (2022): 107-119. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2022(V-I).11