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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
Persuasion Strategies in Religious Discourse with Reference to Deedat's The Choice: Islam and Christianity
إستراتيجيات الإقناع في الخطاب الديني مع الإشارة لكتاب ديدات الاختيار: الإسلام والمسيحية
 
Subject : College of Education Humanities 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : This study aims at exploring three facets of selected argumentative texts: (1) the organizational structure; (2) the persuasive metadiscourse markers, and (3) the textual devices employed there. The data of the study is 30 argumentative texts derived from the first volume of Deedat's The Choice: Islam and Christianity. The model designed for the study is eclectic. It applies Connor and Lauer's (1985) model (for the structure) and Salmi-Tolonen's (2005) and Dafouz-Milne's (2007) models (for the linguistic manifestation). The findings at the macro level proves the falsity of Fogelin and Armstrong's (1996) assumption of the emotional nature of persuasion. The analysis records the prevalence of the rational appeal over the rest while the emotional one is the lowest in presenting the religious persuasive message. At the micro level, the study points out the vital roles of the linguistic and textual elements in enhancing the persuasive impact of the arguments. They are successfully manipulated to bring out the authoritative tone of the discourse, enhance the degree of certainty, maintain the persuader-receiver relation and reinforce the comprehensibility of the negotiated propositions. The contrastive analysis between macro and micro levels shows the homogeneous representation of persuasive appeals (rationality, credibility and affective). Both correspond in foregrounding the rational nature of religious arguments and their credible stamp. Thus, the study's findings confirm the specificity of religious argumentative discourse at the two levels. 
Supervisor : Dr. Amira Kashgary 
Thesis Type : Master Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1432 AH
2011 AD 
Added Date : Saturday, March 26, 2011 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
آمال علي الناشر الغامديAl-Nasher, Amaal AliResearcherMaster 

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