Papers by DHARMENDRA K . MISHRA
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Oct 20, 2021
The emergence of the Internet in the late 1980s led to the evolution of cyberspace as a fifth dom... more The emergence of the Internet in the late 1980s led to the evolution of cyberspace as a fifth domain of human activity and in last two decades, Internet has grown exponentially worldwide. India too has witnessed significant rise in cyber space activities and usage of internet so much so that it has not only become one of the major IT destinations in the world but has also become the third largest number of Internet users after USA and China.
Creative Saplings
This article studies Nelson Mandela’s speech at Harvard University to understand his rhetorical s... more This article studies Nelson Mandela’s speech at Harvard University to understand his rhetorical skills. In this speech, he talks about how South Africans face disparities and injustice due to their race. He emphasizes the need for reconceptualization and redefining the economic system's precepts, which could benefit all regardless of race, gender, and ethnicity. The speech has been analyzed using Leech’s Maxims of Politeness and Aristotle’s Theory of Persuasion to investigate how rhetorical and politeness strategies have been used. The analysis shows that Mandela used Leech’s Maxims of Politeness as complementary to Aristotle’s strategies of persuasion to achieve desired communicative goals. He uses different strategies of logos and ethos to build a persuasive discourse. Besides, he uses modesty and approbation maxim and humour at the cost of self as the main strategies of politeness. Politeness complements his persuasive appeals and makes them more effective.
Jahnavi Sanskrit E-Journal, 2023
This article studies the relationship
between Sanskrit and Russian in terms of lexical
similari... more This article studies the relationship
between Sanskrit and Russian in terms of lexical
similarities using the framework of comparative
historical linguistics. For this purpose, cognates
in Sanskrit and Russian have been compared to
see the similarities and differences between the
two languages with a view to tracing the
common root of both languages. An effort has
also been made to trace how Vedic Sanskrit
influenced the Russian Language. The analysis
shows that Sanskrit and Russian have many
similar words, which strengthens the idea that
Sanskrit is the mother of all Indo-European
languages.
Dharmendra Kumar Mishra , 2022
This paper studies Nelson Mandela's speech at Harvard University with a view to investigating tro... more This paper studies Nelson Mandela's speech at Harvard University with a view to investigating tropes and figures of speech. Figures of speech are one of the prominent stylistic devices that make a speech more effective. In the analysis, it was found that Nelson Mandela used many figures of speech but metaphor, hyperbole and litotes, alliteration and assonance, and homoeoteleuton are most common and skillfully used. Mandela used these tropes and figure with a view to stirring the audience's certain emotions, breaking monotony, and mitigating and intensifying certain issues.
Dharmendra Kumar Mishra , 2021
Motivational oratory is an area in which the theories of pragmatics and social psychology interac... more Motivational oratory is an area in which the theories of pragmatics and social psychology interact together. This paper presents a review of the selected theories of both social psychology and pragmatics, which are relevant for motivational oratory. It briefly explains how psychological theories of motivation, such as Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Two factor theory and Need for Achievement Theory, are useful for a motivational orator. It also traces a connection between motivational oratory and certain theories in pragmatics, such as Speech Act Theory, Politeness theory, and Cooperative Principles.
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Papers by DHARMENDRA K . MISHRA
between Sanskrit and Russian in terms of lexical
similarities using the framework of comparative
historical linguistics. For this purpose, cognates
in Sanskrit and Russian have been compared to
see the similarities and differences between the
two languages with a view to tracing the
common root of both languages. An effort has
also been made to trace how Vedic Sanskrit
influenced the Russian Language. The analysis
shows that Sanskrit and Russian have many
similar words, which strengthens the idea that
Sanskrit is the mother of all Indo-European
languages.
between Sanskrit and Russian in terms of lexical
similarities using the framework of comparative
historical linguistics. For this purpose, cognates
in Sanskrit and Russian have been compared to
see the similarities and differences between the
two languages with a view to tracing the
common root of both languages. An effort has
also been made to trace how Vedic Sanskrit
influenced the Russian Language. The analysis
shows that Sanskrit and Russian have many
similar words, which strengthens the idea that
Sanskrit is the mother of all Indo-European
languages.