it is the most influential and motivational speech of Imran khan. we did the analysis not only from pragmatic aspect but also from semantic perspective. imran khan delivered his speech, "never give up on your dreams", at TEDx Karachi.

1. Analysis of Imran Khan’s speech
“Never give up on your dreams!”
Presented to: Dr. Islam
Presented by: Zehra Batool
Farzana Khan

2. Speech
 Let be start, by saying that my 1st
challenge was
cricket. I was 9 years old when I decided to become a
test cricketer. I watched my old cousin JAVED
BARKI, scoring a century, at what should not be
called KADDAFI STADIUM, now. And I remembered
that I made my mind that I would be a test
cricketer……
 But the 1st
shock I have received is, I am telling you
“The bigger the goal, the more shocks you are going
to have. No more set-backs, the more failures you
should expect.”

3. Speech
 I have exactly developed a mechanism that how to cope-up with
failures. 1st
thing you do is that, don’t read the newspaper. Why? What
is the point of reading the newspaper, when you know, whatever is
going to be written, is not going to be complementary. 2ndly, don’t go
to any public function. Because when you go to any public function,
you’ll get plenty of advices. Because advice is free. But the only
problem is the advice, you get, when you have lost. Its like “rubbing
salt on your wounds”. So best is avoid people. No. 3. Try to go
somewhere, where there is no one. Like , go to KARAKARAM for a
tracking holiday. Best time to be with a family.
 What failure does is something invaluable. It gives you time for soul
searching. It enables you to analyze your mistakes. It is the one time

4. Speech
where you can learn. Failure can be the best teacher, provided you ,
don’t get demoralized by failure. If you get demoralized, you lost. If
you can access and analyze your mistakes, “it is a stepping stone to
moving higher”……
 The biggest problem is there, when you have a set-back is that, there
is a big temptation to scale down your ambitions, to suddenly expect
something less of you. This is the biggest trap. Most people fail, when
they compromise on their visions and dreams, in times of
weaknesses………
 Remember this is a big difference that, “the +ve mind said that we
will win and –ve mind said that we should not loose”………

5. Speech
• Any policy you make out of fear is destined for disaster. Whenever
you make a policy, it should never determine out of any fear out of
anything and the worse fear is fear of losing, because the fear of
loosing stops you from winning………
• Whatever your dreams are, always never think that you will not
achieve them. I have never ever thought that I wouldn’t achieve
my dream………
• So the greater the ambitions, the greater hard work, you should
do. There are no shortcuts in your life……….

6. Speech
 Each time you fall and pick yourself up, you become more strong but
the secret is you never ever give up. You only lose when you give up
and the ability to handle the bad times………
 In my opinion, Pakistan is a country which is posing with talent, it
doesn’t have a system; it doesn’t have institutions; doesn’t have any
rules of law; has criminals running the country. No country can
prosper, its impossible if you put criminals in a factory, the factory
will collapse. How can a country run? The only problem in our way is
apathy. The one thing which in my opinion is in the verse of HOLY
QURAN, “those who have faith, ALLAH removes their fears.” fear is
the biggest problem in this country. We are scared, people are so
scared to take on this best of interest. So, we are sitting and watching
this in front of us and people are reluctant to do anything.

7. Contents
 Introduction
 Style
 Rhetoric devices
• Hyperbole
• Satire
• Irony
• Alliteration
 Thematic roles
 Truth conditions

8. Contents
 Deixes
 Choice of words
• Repetition in words
• Persuasive words
• Use of idioms
 Lexical items
 Referential strategies
 Message of speech

9. Introduction
Imran Khan Niazi; Pakistani politician
Former cricketer
Philanthropist
Cricket commentator
TEDx; technology, entertainment and design
where x=independently organized

10. Making the Impossible

11. Style
 Don’t read the newspaper.
 Don’t go to any public
function.
 Go away somewhere
 Don’t get demoralized by
failure
 You never ever give up
 But never!
SUGGESTIVE AND
COMMANDING

12. Rhetoric device

13. Rhetoric device
 Satire:
“because advise is free”
“criminals running the country
 Irony:

14. Rhetoric device
 Irony: “at what should not be called Kaddafi
stadium now”

15. Rhetoric device

16. Rhetoric device
Alliteration:
And I remembered that I made my mind…
Try to go away somewhere, where there is no
one…
The positive mind said that we will win…
Best time to be with a family…
 Stepping stone to moving higher
 People are so scared
 Destined for disaster

17. Thematic roles
Agent Beneficiary

18. Truth conditions
Logic and truth:
“The greater the ambition, the greater the
hard work.”
“When you go to public functions, you will get
plenty of advices”.
“You only loose when you give up.”

19. Deixes
Person deixes:
first person: I, me, my (Imran khan)
second person: you (The audience)
third person: they, people
Temporal deixes:
now (present)

20. Choice of words
Persuasive words:
Goal Failure
Bigger Setback
Invaluable Shocks
Ambitions Impossible
Dream
Stronger

21. Choice of words
Use of idioms:
 “ rubbing salt on your wounds”
(making a difficult situation even worse)
 “stepping stone”
(an action or event that helps to make
progress towards goal)

22. Repetition of words and phrases
• Words:
dreams, ambitions,
failures, mistakes, problems
• Phrase:
“ never ever give up”

23. Lexical items
Antonyms:
• But the only problem is the advise, you get,
when you have lost.
• The positive mind said that we will win and
negative mind said that we should not loose
• Each time you fall and pick yourself up.
• The fear of losing stops you from winning.
• To achieve something big , there is no such
thing as quit.

24. Lexical items
• Synonyms:
• “No more set-backs, the more failures you
should expect” .
• “If you can assess and analyze your mistakes”
• “You only lose when you give up”

25. • Examples of his own life
• Cousin Javed Barki
“ I watched my old cousin JAVED BARKI,
scoring a century”
• Holy Quran
“those who have faith, ALLAH removes their
fears”
Referential strategies

26. Message of speech
• Secretes of success:
• Never ever give up on your dreams.
• Take failure as the best teacher of life.
• Learn from the mistakes.
• Remove all fears of life.
“quitter never wins, and winner never quits”

27. Message of speech
Pakistan is a country rich with resources
but poor in management.
“ALLAH helps those who help themselves”