A Critical Discourse Analysis of New Zealand Prime Minister’s speech on Mosque Attack

Abstract

This study aimed atpresenting a Critical Discourse Analysis CDA of New Zealand Prime Minister’s speech on Muslims Mosque Attack. To investigate the Prime Minister’s position and attitude towradsMuslim community in the aftermath of the mosque attack. The study then adopted Fairclough’s analytical method. The researcher used a number of instruments to collect the relevant research data from different sources such as recorded video, a script and note taking techniques. The main findings of the studyrevealedthat the prime minister’s position and attitude towards Muslim community in the aftermath of the events was positive by employing linguistic features such as intertextulity, choices of vocabulary and the expression of ideology.The study recommended that Students of linguistics in Sudan should draw attention to political speeches when conducting theirresearches.