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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 23, Issue 2 (September 2023)pp. 1–23PDF of Legitimation and Delegitimation Strategies in Selected 2023 Campaign Speeches of the

   Legitimation and Delegitimation Strategies in Selected 2023 Campaign Speeches of the

   Emmanuel Ogbonna Okoro

   convey ideology, power, and political identity through discursive strategies. Therefore, this study examined how de/legitimating strategies construct political identity and credibility in Mr Peter Obi’s 2023 campaign speeches during … sampled and analysed. The analysis shows that Mr Obi employs all of the four de/legitimating strategies of van Leeuwen (2008): authorization, moral evaluation, rationalization, and mythopoesis, with their relevant