چکیده

Political leaders play an important role in facilitating peace and their validity is appreciated due to the fact that they have people who follow them and believe in what they say and act accordingly. Considering the fact that politicians employ the language and discourse to read and control people’s minds, the current study was intrigued to discuss ideologies that are completely hidden in the discourse and speeches of American politician Dr.Martin Luther king. This study analyzed some properties of Dr.Martin Luther kings speeches to realize how he used language to influence his audience and how the phenomenon of power existed in his speeches and to what extent. Eight famous speeches of him were extracted from different websites as data samples. The eclectic method was used to analyze King’s speeches in the light of critical discourse analysis which was mostly influenced under the effect of Fairclough , Van Dijk and Halliday ‘s views. The researcher also applied Halliday’s systematic functional grammar and analyzed the material, mental, behavioral and relational process. The analyses showed that the king as a dominant character manipulated more material processes used more pronouns like “I” and “ we” types which are more religious and persuasive suggesting the power of one’s speech could have on the society. The findings of this research are fruitful for EFL learners, teachers, syllabus designers and material writers, language institutes, schools, and universities.

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Critical Discourse Analysis, Power. Political leaders, systematic functional grammar

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Saadati Atena , 1398 , The Critical Discourse Analysis of Power in Dr.Martin Luther King"s Speeches , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي