A Metadiscourse Analysis of Brexit Resignations by Government Aides from May’s Second Ministry | ||
| مجلة کلية الأداب - جامعة السويس | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 April 2025 | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfask.2025.371077.1220 | ||
| Authors | ||
| بسمة ماهر Ù…Øمد ابراهيم سرØان* 1; شاكر رزق2; نجوى يونس3; شيماء سلام4 | ||
| 1باØثة دكتوراة،قسم اللغة الإنجليزية، كلية الآداب، جامعة السويس | ||
| 2جامعة السويس-کلية الآداب-قسم اللغة الإنجليزية | ||
| 3قسم اللغة الإنجليزية، كلية التربية، جامعة عين شمس | ||
| 4قسم اللغة الإنجليزية، كلية الآداب، جامعة السويس | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper examined two official resignation letters submitted by Parliamentary Private Secrectaries from Theresa May’s second government: Suella Braverman, MP and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, MP. Suella Braverman served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union while Anne-Marie Trevelyan served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education. The two government aides resigned from their government positions over Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Draft scheduled for voting in the House of Commons on 15th January 2019. The selected resignations were examined using the interactional category from the Metadiscourse model (Hyland, 2005). The study examined the letters for the use of hedges, boosters, attitude markers, self-mentions and engagement markers to investigate the means the resigning aides used to explicate their opposing stances. The study revealed that the rejection is directed mainly towards the proposed terms of the departure’s deal. Further, it showed the aides’s use of attitude markersr to highlight their strong opposition to the Withdrawal Agreement Draft. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: Brexit Discourse; Opposition discourse; Government aides’ resignations; the Metadiscourse Model | ||
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