المصدر: | مجلة دراسات جامعية في الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية |
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الناشر: | الجامعة اللبنانية - كلية الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية - مركز الأبحاث والدراسات |
المؤلف الرئيسي: | Srour, Ibrahim (Author) |
المجلد/العدد: | ع16 |
محكمة: | نعم |
الدولة: |
لبنان |
التاريخ الميلادي: |
2024
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الشهر: | يونيو |
الصفحات: | 22 - 38 |
ISSN: |
2707-1863 |
رقم MD: | 1490080 |
نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
قواعد المعلومات: | HumanIndex |
مواضيع: | |
كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
United Nations | Lebanon | Ambiguity | Diplomatic Discourse | Power
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رابط المحتوى: |
الناشر لهذه المادة لم يسمح بإتاحتها. |
المستخلص: |
Precision of language in resolution drafting is highly required because the whole intended meaning can be changed by ambiguous referents or unclear connotations. Taking this notion as its basis, the present research article aims to examine the UN resolutions and in particular, the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Lebanon S/RES/2650 (2022) with respect to specific linguistic features and language levels. The features include the use of lexis, nouns, adjectives, at the levels of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, in addition to the utilization of language ambiguity. Hence, the goal is to expose the ambiguity that exists at these levels in order to reveal, at the level of interpretation, the power of the UN and whether it praises, breaches or works in accordance with the sovereignty of the country. The article is qualitative, descriptive in nature, and adopts Bhatia’s (1993) notion of ‘unfamiliar genre’, Halliday and Hasan’s (2013) concept of Context of Situation, Pehar’s (2011) theory of power-leading ambiguity, and his classification of ambiguity (Pehar, 2001, 2005). The findings show that, despite the respect of Lebanon’s sovereignty, the UN uses language in a significant way in order to either reveal or conceal information and identity through particular linguistic choices and ambiguity (in its three categories). Thus, whether through word choice or ambiguity, the UN gains dominance over any party included in its resolutions. |
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ISSN: |
2707-1863 |