aazam sanjabi; negar davari ardakani
Volume 6, Issue 11 , July 2015, , Pages 127-148
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National anthems known as texts constructed based on symbolic approaches and are always significant. This research is intended to study the national anthem from the perspective of linguistics in the context of Laclau & Mouffe, Van Dijk and some linguistic tools. This research is trying to ...
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Abstract
National anthems known as texts constructed based on symbolic approaches and are always significant. This research is intended to study the national anthem from the perspective of linguistics in the context of Laclau & Mouffe, Van Dijk and some linguistic tools. This research is trying to answer the following questions: What are the nodal points of each country´s national anthem?What is the relationship between the degree of development of countries and the concepts embodied in their national anthems? What are the discourse linguistic similarities and differences between the findings in the literature of the national anthems?To this end, the national anthems of 114 countries of 5 continents of the world reviewed. From nodal points which used in the national anthems of developed countries,war,prayer with God,freedom,futurism,retrospection and describe the nature of the land have used widely.In the national anthems of the developing countries,the nodal points of the war,freedom,futurism, retrospection,unity,peace and reconciliation and describe the nature of the land are the most widely used of nodal points.In the national anthems of the least developed countries,the nodal points of the war,freedom,futurism,unity,peace and reconciliation,retrospection,and prayer with God have the highest frequency.
Keywords: National Anthem, Nodal Point, Us versus Them, Positive-Negative Words, Developmental Procedure
