An Analysis of Dr Gono's Discourse on Zimbabwe's Economic Turn Around

The Zimbabwean Economy depicted by critics as being in the intensive care unit, has confounded many,and impoverished thousands, with inflation well over the official one million percent mark. Many Zimbabweans are hopeless and demoralised with the state of the economy.This discussion therefore explores, from a language point of view, how the Central Bank Governor, Dr Gideon Gono attempts to inculcate a sense of optimism and patriotism into a disillusioned nation.It also seeks answers to how influence is achieved and what rallying or distancing linguistic strategies are employed in the discourse to achieve maximum effect.

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Prosper Takavarasha, holder of an MA Degree in Language for Specific Purposes from the University of Zimbabwe.Lectured at Catholic University in Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Open University in Communication and Media Studies. He is currently lecturing in the Linguistics Department at the University of Zimbabwe. Interested in Rhetoric and Media studies.