Analyse linguistique du discours politique de M. NGARI, député à l’Assemblée nationale du Gabon

Abstract

For most language specialists, making a speech means wanting to act on others. It is therefore easy to understand that speech has a performative effect: it is a voluntary act of influence. Indeed, all communication always aims to convince, inform or entertain. The text we are analyzing is a speech delivered by a Gabonese deputy to the National Assembly during a question and answer session to the Government. During his speech, he took the posture of an opponent, criticizing government action, even though he was a member of the ruling party. Indeed in this speech, the speaker positions himself as the representative of the people and speaks on behalf of the latter. As a member of the ruling party, he therefore adopts an ambiguous position: that of deputy of the majority party and that of representative of the people. It is this double posture that we analyze here through the analysis grid of Amélie Seignour's speech.