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Title: Framing Conflict through Language: A Text World Theory Analysis of DG ISPR’s 2025 War Statements
Authors: Aziz Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hassan Shah
Journal: International Research Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (IRJAHSS)
| Category | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Y | 2024-10-01 | 2025-12-31 |
Publisher: Jlali Research Institute of Social Science (SMC Private) Limited
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2025
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Language: en
Keywords: Text World TheoryDG ISPRmilitary discoursenational identitydiscourse analysisPakistan-India conflictcognitive linguisticsmetaphorssub-worldspolitical communicationideological languageresistance rhetoricmedia narratives
This study applies Text World Theory (Werth, 1999; Gavins, 2007) to analyze selected public statements made by DG ISPR, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, during the 2025 Pak-India conflict. The research aims to explore how language is used to construct mental representations known as discourse worlds, text worlds, and sub-worlds, in the minds of listeners. Using a qualitative research design, data were collected through the documentation method by transcribing video statements shared on Facebook. Statements were purposively selected based on their relevance to the cognitive-linguistic framework. The analysis reveals how the DG ISPR’s discourse uses metaphor, sarcasm, repetition, and emotive language to construct narratives of resistance, power, and national identity. This study offers a cognitive perspective on military discourse and highlights the role of language in shaping ideology, public perception, and strategic communication during political conflict.
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