Syntactic analysis of imran khan's selected speeches
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2022
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UMT.Lahore
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This paper mainly aims to identify various syntactic devices used in some selected speech of Imran khan after the no confidence motion. This study is based upon a mixed approach of both qualitative and quantitative method. A Systematic approach of functional grammar by Michael Halliday has been used for this paper which helps to understand the use of language in a social context and how language is associated to a meaning and how it helps to represent an idea or ideology. Two recent speeches of Imran khan from two specific cities have been chosen and they have been critically read and analyzed and the frequency of the occurrence of those syntactic devices have been found. This study also focused in the interpretation of the speeches with the help of the syntactic devices that have been used in the speeches. Various syntactic devices structural sentence types and functional sentence types have been founded in the speeches. They have been interpreted characterized and discussed according to the ideas and motives presented in the speech. This study also identifies further classification of these sentence types. The findings reveals that various sentence types like simple compound, complex and compound complex have been used in both of his speeches. In order to achieve succinctness in his speeches Simple sentence types is the most used type in his speeches. There is also a huge use of functional sentence types like declarative, imperative, exclamatory and interrogative to make his speeches more strong. This helps the speaker to convey his ideas in a more better and précised way. The statements of functional sentence types are filled with emotions and commands so this also helps the speaker to use a language in a successful way to accomplish or achieve the goal.