الفهرس 
Critical Discourse Analysis
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Abstract
Language is a powerful means which shapes politics. Both of
them interact and depend upon one another. Hence, the present
research examines the linguistic usage of the political speeches of
three Egyptian leaders during the three revolutions, to clarify their
domination of their people’s mind. It applies the analytical tools of
Wodak’s Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) within Critical
Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Systemic Functional Grammar
(SFG). After comparing the three speeches, the differences become
clear. The results reveal that, on the one hand, the first two speeches
of Saad Zaghloul and Mohamed Nageeb are declared for the sake of
the people’s freedom. They utilize certain discursive strategies to
convince the public of their ideas, and this appears vividly in their
lexical and grammatical choices. On the other hand, the results show
that the third speech of Mubarak is declared to impose his ideologies.
He uses manipulative discursive strategies in an attempt to control
and dominate his people and influence their opinion and knowledge.
In the first two speeches the people encourage their leaders, while, in
the case of Mubarak, they insist on his stepping down.
Keywords: Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), Critical
Discourse Analysis (CDA), Wodak’s Discourse Historical Approach
(DHA), Discursive Strategies