CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF QUAID-E-AZAM MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH’S SPEECH ON 11TH AUGUST 1947

Abstract

The current research aims to examine the speech of Quaid-e-Azam in first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan with the help of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It tries to determine for the afresh born Country Pakistan, the secret sociopolitical denotations of his words. For the present analysis, qualitative methodology was used. Even though there are several CDA models, which are presented by Wodak, Van Dijk, and Fairclough, the model of Fairclough is used for the current analysis. The content was qualitatively evaluated using the method of contented analysis. The consequences of the present research indicate the Quaid’s plan to make Pakistan a state that was secular, democratic, just and impartial. He also seemed to be well aware of social problems such as the state of rule and command, dishonesty, corruption, black marketing, favoritism and joblessness, that’s why he convinced the followers of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly dazzlingly to present a conflict against such evils. There are theoretical and practical implications of this research.