Ali A. Al-Kandari
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ali A. Al-Kandari is involved.
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2025 Leadership in numbers: The pragmatics of We in Singapore’s NDR speeches (2004–2023) Journal of Language and Politics: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper examines how former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong strategically deployed personal pronouns — especially we — in National Day Rally (NDR) speeches (2004–2023) to construct authority, manage affect, and negotiate state–citizen alignment. Situated within Singapore’s hybrid… read more