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This study investigates the characterization of Margaret from Cat on Hot Tin Roof (1955) by Tennessee Williams. Characterization is a process in which fictional characters are fleshed out by the author. Margaret is one of Williams's most memorable characters. Going through the process of characterization attracts attention to how readers come to admire Margaret and how they infer some of her traits that are not directly mentioned in the play. Checking out the linguistic choices made by Margaret in the dialogue can explain all of her traits. In the end, the whole process of building up her personality comes to light. This study is guided by Jonathan Culpeper's (2014) model to characterization in which he emphasizes the importance of background knowledge that comes to the process of reading. The model has two sides to it: the knowledge that comes to the text by the readers and the information that the text possesses. The analysis of this character is filtered through speech acts theory, conversation analysis, Grice's maxims, impoliteness strategies, self and other presentation and finally cognitive categorization. In the end, a lot can be inferred from her language which shows how rich she is as a dramatic character.

This study investigates the characterization of Chicken from Kingdom of Earth (1968) by Tennessee Williams. Characterization is a process in which fictional characters are fleshed out by the author. Chicken is one of Williams's outstanding male characters. Going through the process of characterization attracts attention to how readers come to comprehend Chicken and how they infer some of his traits that are not directly mentioned in the play. Checking out the linguistic choices made by Chicken in the dialogue explain the entirety of his traits. In the end, the whole process of characterization for building up his personality comes in light. This process of characterization is guided by Jonathan Culpeper's model to characterization in which he emphasizes the importance of background knowledge that comes to the process of reading. The model has two sides to it: the knowledge come to the text by the readers and the information that the text possesses. The analysis of this character is filtered through speech acts theory, conversation analysis, maxims, impoliteness strategies, self and other presentation and finally categorization and cognitive categorization. The conclusion shows that Chicken is an interesting character to read as the inferred traits expand on the traits directly given in the text.

Language learners' high academic achievement is dependent on the amount of motivation they have. Learners with a good deal of motivation are capable of achieving long- term objectives compared to those who lack motivation. This study investigates the integrative motivation of the Iraqi EFL advanced learners and their academic achievement. To this end, a quantitative non-experimental research design is followed. The study results show that there is a weak, and statistically insignificant correlation between the Iraqi EFL advanced learners' integrative motivation and their academic achievement. Moreover, there is a significant decline in the learners' integrative motivation toward the end of the academic year. This decline seems to be more significant among females than males. Consequently, further research on the learners' motivation and the factors that may cause its declination are recommended.

The present study investigates the realization of discursive strategies in Ben Ali's speech in the context of the collapse of power in which he depends on the power of words rather than the power of arms. It adheres to the theoretical model of Critical Discourse Studies (Henceforth CDS), specifically Wodak's Discourse Historical Approach (Henceforth DHA). The data will be divided into text segments to be analyzed, interpreted and then explained. The study addresses the question that: what are the discursive strategies used in the selected speech? The results the study came up with indicated that the most common discursive strategies employed by the speaker are the referential, predicational ones to promote himself, and intensification strategy, as a result to the ideological gap resulted from the difference between the speaker and the addressees.

Internet-Mediated Communication (IMC) has entered a new era with the rise of emojis. These colourful signs are neither redundant nor decorative in nature. Instead, they possess a potential for affecting the final interpretation of the accompanying text. The current study probes the connectedness of emojis to textual exchanges in Telegram group chatting, namely the ostensible incongruity between text and emojis. It explores the influence that emojis posit on the user's intended meaning in Iraqi Telegram university chat group. Building on pragmatic, relevance-theoretic approach, data analysis was executed according to Yus's (2014) model, a version revised by Li and Yang (2018). The study addresses two research questions: (1) What kind of connection is there between text and emojis in Iraqi Telegram group chatting? and (2) What implications does the use of emojis have in Iraqi Telegram group chatting? The results the study came up with indicated that the apparent mismatch between text and emojis could be eliminated by marking a deeper meaning other than the one signaled by the surface meaning of the text. The results also showed that parallel emotion signal is the most significant function in the whole sample. The implication of this finding denotes that emojis were primarily utilized to convey a social meaning that is equivalent to the one depicted by facial expressions and body language in face-to-face conversations.

This study examines President Barack Obama's Speech on \"Statement on Iran Nuclear Agreement\" in terms of Aristotelian rhetoric appeals which are Ethos Pathos, and Logos. Aristotle considers them as three main persuasive strategies The present study attempts to highlight how language is used by the speaker to present the three dimensions of argumentative persuasion and to manipulate them to present his stance as an authoritative speaker. He tries to explore the contents of ethos, pathos and logos. The results show that these three appeals are used in a persuasive way in this political speech.

The present study aims to offer a linguistic evaluation of Nelson Mandela's speech at The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on the 4th of December 1997 in Pretoria and its mode of engagement with the context of its discursive situation. The study follows Critical Discourse Analysis (henceforth CDA) to investigate pronominal choices made by Mandela in his speech and to what extent such choices help in creating identity, power and solidarity. It discloses how President Mandela uses pronominal forms, as a rhetorical device, in his speech to construct various identities to convey his political and humanistic stance, and solidarity with the Palestinian people. It also investigates how those pronominals used by the speaker operate as linguistic indicators of inclusion and exclusion. This notion of clusivity is very much related to the way these pronouns express inclusionary and exclusionary reference to the actors presented in a discursive presentation of reality in a socio-political context. Therefore, the speaker is capable of establishing a representation of the self and placing the discursive actors either inside or outside the deictic centre in particular historical and socio-ideological circumstances. The use of Fairclough's (1989) three-tier analytical framework, i.e., description, interpretation and explanation help reconstruct the message and the ideological power of the speech. The study casts light on the relationship that Mandela (the addressor) establishes with the audience (the addressee), whom the speech is addressed to. The results show that pronominal choices made by Mandela in his speech helped him as creator of solidarity and as a persuasive strategy as well.