Concealment in Trump's Speeches: A Pragmatic Study
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https://doi.org/10.36327/ewjh.v2i29.13094Keywords:
Concealment, explicit concealment, implicit concealment, political speech, concealment and silenceAbstract
Abstract
Concealment refers to hiding the truth by one of the participants in the communication events who purposes to deceive the other party. It is a process through which the participant is either changing the truth or manipulating of the information purposely or accidentally or even a deceptive strategy. It is regarded as one of the ways employed by politicians to fulfill specific targets and aims among them is effecting the beliefs, desires, as well as behaviors of the public to their own personal benefits. The core regard of the present study is to explore the concept of concealment in Trump's speeches. The findings of this study reveal that Trump is uncooperative with American people. Additionally, he is impolite. It is worth mentioning that he uses various strategies to achieve the process of concealment furthermore, he employs implicit concealment more than explicit one.
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