The resurrection of the caliphate in ISIS' discourse

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dc.contributor.advisorBrustad, Kristenen
dc.contributor.advisorAl-Batal, Mahmouden
dc.creatorBarakat, Reemaen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-12T14:36:20Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:29:03Z
dc.date.available2015-11-12T14:36:20Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2015en
dc.date.updated2015-11-12T14:36:20Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe phenomenon of the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, purports to be a resurrection of the caliphate. This paper investigates the linguistic and rhetorical performance of this caliphate by analyzing the only two public speeches given by the self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The first appearance is his sermon in Mosul in July 2014, in which he formally announces his caliphate (khilafa), and the second is a recorded statement from November 2014. My analysis of these speeches focuses on their performative aspects; that is, the features not normally found in unmarked speech that appear to be deliberately chosen for their extralinguistic meanings. By investigating these features, I aim to uncover these extralinguistic, performative messages, and show how they represent a linguistic "performance" of this caliphate.en
dc.description.departmentMiddle Eastern Studiesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2992Qen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/32400en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectISISen
dc.subjectCaliphen
dc.titleThe resurrection of the caliphate in ISIS' discourseen
dc.typeThesisen

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