CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF Z.A BHUTTO’SSPEECH AT SECURITY COUNCIL (15 DECEMBER, 1971) IN PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSITIVITY AND MODALITY.

The Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is often applied to analyze political discourse including the public speech, in which the speaker wins hearts of the audience. This research paper presents the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of Z.A Bhutto’s (a former Prime minister of Pakistan) speech through Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) which serves a theoretical framework for the present research work. The aim of the present study is to explore and reveals the way the language serves as a vehicle to exercise the notions of ideology and power. A detailed analysis of this speech enables us to understand their basic purpose of the used language in the speech. Additionally, we can have a good understanding of the political purpose of the speech in our daily lives. Because political speeches are not merely speeches rather these aimed to influence the minds of the listeners (Audience), and to fulfill several other hidden motives of the politicians in the field of politics.