The Use of Idiomatic Expressions in Presidential Speeches: A Cognitive Critical Contrastive Study of English and Arabic Speeches

الملخص

 Presidential speeches serve as powerful tools for communication, persuasion, and national unity. So this study investigates idiomatic expressions in English and Arabic presidential speeches, and tries to answer the following questions: What are the reasons behind using idioms in the presidential speeches? What are the hidden ideologies? What are the differences between English and Arabic presidential speeches in the usage of idioms? The study aims at: Identifying reasons behind using idioms in the presidential speeches. Pinpointing hidden ideologies. Investigating differences between English and Arabic presidential speeches in the usage of idioms.

The following steps are followed; issuing a literature review, developing a framework of analysis, collecting data that is available on the internet. It is chosen purposefully to achieve the aims of the study.

It is concluded that: Arabic presidential speeches are more firm than English ones. In both English and Arabic presidential speeches, there are hidden ideologies. There are differences between the English and Arabic usage of Idiomatic expressions.