Im /Politeness of Power and Authority in Cairo Peace Summit

Abstract

This paper is mainly concerned with investigating how power and authority in Cairo Peace Summit are used im/politely. Accordingly, this study analyzes power and authority through the elected model. Thus, it aims: uncovering the strategies that politicians employ to gain both authority and power in the chosen data, finding out the persuasive appeals that are utilized by politicians to assert authority and influence public opinion, and shedding light on the different types of authority ( traditional , rational-legal, and charismatic authority. It is hypothesized that: politeness and impoliteness strategies are employed by politicians to gain both authority and power in the chosen data, to assert authority and influence public opinion, and there are three types of authority which are traditional , rational-legal, and charismatic authority.