Transitivity & Hedges as Politeness strategy in Political interviews: An analytical study

The study aims at a comprehensive study of
quantitative analysis of transitivity process
and hedging as a strategy to maintain an
interpersonal relationship with the audience
in political interviews. Rooted in systemic
functional Linguistics Hallidayan
transitivity identifies the choice of
clauses/sentences by a politician to
represent a set of actions of the government.
On the other hand, Hedges are used to
soften the claims which might draw
criticism towards the government. This
Paper compare the interviews of two
education ministers Mrs. Smriti Irani and
Mr Prakash Javadekar. By applying these
two linguistic tools (transitivity analysis
and Hedges) a comparison is drawn
between the two ministers. It is a different
and novel study with a new approach.