Abstract
This study examines the role of speech acts in the founding speech delivered by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, may God rest his soul, on July 23, 1970 as part of his first historic statement to the people of Oman after assuming power. More specifically, the study focuses on how these speech acts prompted the audience to transition from passivity to engagement and created a significant response among the listeners. It confirmed that the communicative pattern has a direct literal meaning and indirect contextual meanings. The study adopts the deliberative method, since the verbal act forms a central nucleus for many deliberative actions. The verbal act is social in nature; its production achieves communication and indicates the intention of its producer. The study is divided into two parts; the first is theoretical aspect focusing on the speech act theory by Austin and Searle, and the second is the applied aspect that is devoted to analyzing the speech acts in the address by Sultan Qaboos bin Said based on the three types of speech acts, which are locutionary acts, illocutionary acts, and perlocutionary acts. The results of this study show that the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said invested in speech acts to achieve his political goals, relying on declarative and performative utterances. His address featured speech acts that were crucial in conveying his political message, including promises for a brighter future for Oman.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53542/2522-2279.1411
- Journal
- Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 15(3), 5-15
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
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APA 7
زاهر بن مرهون الداودي (2025). Speech acts and their political intentions The first historical statement of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people on the day He assumed power, July 23, 1970 (as a model). Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 15(3), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.53542/2522-2279.1411
MLA 9
زاهر بن مرهون الداودي. "Speech acts and their political intentions The first historical statement of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people on the day He assumed power, July 23, 1970 (as a model)." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3, 2025, pp. 5-15. https://doi.org/10.53542/2522-2279.1411.
Chicago (author–date)
زاهر بن مرهون الداودي. 2025. "Speech acts and their political intentions The first historical statement of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people on the day He assumed power, July 23, 1970 (as a model)." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 15 (3): 5-15. https://doi.org/10.53542/2522-2279.1411.
Harvard
زاهر بن مرهون الداودي (2025) 'Speech acts and their political intentions The first historical statement of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people on the day He assumed power, July 23, 1970 (as a model)', Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 15(3), pp. 5-15. doi:10.53542/2522-2279.1411.
Vancouver
زاهر بن مرهون الداودي. Speech acts and their political intentions The first historical statement of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people on the day He assumed power, July 23, 1970 (as a model). Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. 2025;15(3):5-15. doi:10.53542/2522-2279.1411
IEEE
زاهر بن مرهون الداودي, "Speech acts and their political intentions The first historical statement of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people on the day He assumed power, July 23, 1970 (as a model)," Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 5-15, 2025, doi: 10.53542/2522-2279.1411.