This paper will be re-analyzing the Duffy Speech, made by Senator Mike Duffy, the two methods that will be utilized in this paper are the gender analysis by Deborah Tannen’s and the Critical discourse analysis by Norman Fairclough, Ruth Wodak and Teun A. van Dijk. These test methods are similar for they are both trying to uncover and expose the meaning/reasoning behind the usage of certain dialects.
A short summary of Mike Duffy’s speech; Senator Mike Duffy was accused of taking money from the Senate for personal purposes, this speech was his tool for re-battling the accusations, that he was, in fact, innocent, while also conveying his beliefs that Senate have implemented this strategy in order to use him as a scapegoat to eliminate the opposing senates .
The first test method that will be used is the Gender discourse analysis, which is the study of the different dialects between genders, rather it emphasis on the idea that different styles of languages can be used by both male and females, whether it is feminine or masculine depends on the situation, the dialect is being used in, In short rhetorical style is not gender exclusive, it is available to everyone. In Janet Holmes work, Women, Language and identity she explores these ideas of …show more content…
in response to an access to information request, CBC was told there isn't a single document related to this matter in the PMO” Duffy got angered in how the opposing group the Senate chose to presuppose, use his involvement in the crim without valid evidence. Which he later brings up using the statisticalization method to convey their lack of credibility, “much as been made for the 90.000 cheques from Nigel Wright. I hope I'll be able to give an explanation of the chain of events and the circumstance surrounding that gift without impugning the rights of other to a fair
A short summary of Mike Duffy’s speech; Senator Mike Duffy was accused of taking money from the Senate for personal purposes, this speech was his tool for re-battling the accusations, that he was, in fact, innocent, while also conveying his beliefs that Senate have implemented this strategy in order to use him as a scapegoat to eliminate the opposing senates .
The first test method that will be used is the Gender discourse analysis, which is the study of the different dialects between genders, rather it emphasis on the idea that different styles of languages can be used by both male and females, whether it is feminine or masculine depends on the situation, the dialect is being used in, In short rhetorical style is not gender exclusive, it is available to everyone. In Janet Holmes work, Women, Language and identity she explores these ideas of …show more content…
in response to an access to information request, CBC was told there isn't a single document related to this matter in the PMO” Duffy got angered in how the opposing group the Senate chose to presuppose, use his involvement in the crim without valid evidence. Which he later brings up using the statisticalization method to convey their lack of credibility, “much as been made for the 90.000 cheques from Nigel Wright. I hope I'll be able to give an explanation of the chain of events and the circumstance surrounding that gift without impugning the rights of other to a fair