A Sociocognitive Analysis of Micro-Level Components in Selected Queen Elizabeth's Speeches

الملخص

This study is devoted to the investigation of Queen Elizabeth II's speeches on her daughters-in-law from the sociocognitive point of view. Queen Elizabeth usually addresses her family members in her speeches and talks about them on many occasions. She usually employs some linguistic and socio-cognitive strategies when addressing her daughters-in-law. Therefore, the study intends to uncover the linguistic and rhetorical strategies in the selected speeches. The study is qualitative in nature and is based on an eclectic model that is based on m Van Dijk's (2006) Ideology and Discourse Analysis. Three extracts have been selected as samples for the purpose of analysis. After analysing the selected data, some of the findings showed that the Queen used lexicalization and appeared to use the formal style and selective vocabulary in such a way that suits the royal protocol. She also used authority to support her arguments, and with this element the queen relied on her position and status among the public and family members to strengthen the arguments