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A Linguistic Analysis of the Theme of Racism Represented in Michael Jackson Protest Song's '' They Don’t Care About Us ''

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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This study explores Michael Jackson Protest Song's '' They Don't Care About Us ''. It aims to reveal the function of the pragmatic features of the song. Also, it tries to demonstrate that the lyrics make use of implicative speech to advocate certain political and social issues. This is achieved through adopting an eclectic approach of the theory of Grice (1975), by describing the types of the implicatures and the flouted maxims. The study investigates one song based on its common theme, which is the theme of racism. The examination of the Jackson's protest song reveals that the song is critiques against racism and social discrimination within the American society. The results have shown that flouting of Grice's maxims plays a crucial role in the songs. They help to the frequency of the conversational implicature. The study has found that the two types of implicatures, conventional and conversational implicature, are existed. The dominant type of implicature is the conversational implicature.

DOI

10.21608/jfafu.2024.307648.2086

Keywords

pragmatics, Conversational Implicature Theory, Linguistic Analysis

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Jihad

Last Name

Shaban Wahba

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معهد المنصورة للغات

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jihads914@gmail.com

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16

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2

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47751

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2024-07-01

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2024-07-27

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2024-07-01

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901

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930

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2357-0709

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2735-3281

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مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم

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A Linguistic Analysis of the Theme of Racism Represented in Michael Jackson Protest Song's '' They Don’t Care About Us ''

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24 Dec 2024