Ideologies on Display: A Critical Analysis of First-Term Gubernatorial Inaugural Speeches in Nigeria

Mathias Chukwu; David Olorunsogo

doi:10.17533/udea.ikala.353289

Autores/as

Mathias Chukwu University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-6449
David Olorunsogo Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9353-6864

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ikala.353289

Palabras clave:

ideologías, análisis crítico del discurso, estrategias discursivas, discursos de investidura, polarización, discurso político

Resumen

El interés de los académicos en el discurso político por lo general se ha visto atraído por la dinámica de los discursos de investidura y la descripción implícita o explícita de las ideologías. Pocos estudios han explorado patrones discursivos, orientaciones temáticas, relaciones de poder, dispositivos retóricos, ideologías y otros aspectos de esos discursos de investidura. Este artículo ofrece una investigación holística sobre las ideologías recurrentes en discursos de posesión de gobernantes en su primer periodo en toda Nigeria. Los datos del estudio se tomaron de 25 discursos de investidura pronunciados entre 2014 y 2015 en los 36 estados de Nigeria. La fuente de los datos fue Inaugural Speeches: President and Governors of Nigeria (2014–2017) [Discursos de investidura: presidente y gobernadores de Nigeria (2014–2017)]. Mediante la perspectiva teórica del método de análisis crítico del discurso de Van Dijk, se identificaron cuatro ideologías en los discursos. Estas ideologías manifiestas en esas alocuciones son idealista, teísta, mesiánica y democrática. Se halló que estas inspiraron la implantación de la autoridad de los gobernantes mediante el proceso de sensibilización de los ciudadanos sobre la interpretación de la elección por el gobernante, la presentación de los nuevos principios y perspectivas que imbuirían la nueva administración, y cómo configurarían estos la gobernanza durante el mandato. Las estrategias recurrentes para proyectar las ideologías fueron consenso, polarización, lexicalización, presuposición y metáforas.

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