Abstract:
The approach I have adopted in analyzing the queen’s speech on the death of
Princess Diana focuses on two aspects: critical discourse analysis (or CDA) and strategies of
televised communication. The analytical framework of this investigation is based on Norman
Fairclough (1989, 1992, 1995, 2000) Lilie Chouliaraki and Norman Fairclough (1999) and Patrick
Charaudeau (1995, 1997). CDA emphasizes the importance of language for understanding
issues of social concern. Strategies of televised communication aim to project a certain image to
get a certain response from the public. The royal family had to carefully handle the public’s
reaction in order to avoid a crisis.
