Treating and healing Malaysia: A Critical Analysis of Najib Razak's Metaphors

• Main Author: Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics. 2021
• Subjects: JF Political institutions (General); JF2011 Political parties; JF225 Organs and functions of government; JF331 Parliamentary government; JQ Political institutions Asia; JQ1062 Public Administration in Malaysia; JQ715 Politics and Government in Malaysia; JQ719 Elections in Malaysia; PI Oriental languages and literatures; PL5101 Malay
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/104589/2/JALA%202021%20PUBLISHED%20PAPER%20TREATING%20AND%20HEALING%20MALAYSIA.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/104589/; https://jala.pub/

This paper discusses the vocational roles constructed by Najib Razak, the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia for himself, the government, and the relational identities for the people and others in nine Supply Bills read by him (2010 – 2018). This study was modelled upon Charteris-Black’s Critical Meta...