A Cognitive Analysis of American and Kurdish National Anthems in the light of Text World Theory

The present study is an attempt to find out the extent to which text world theory can be applied to the analysis of American and Kurdish national anthems. It also seeks to find out the way the receivers of national anthems relate the text world into the real world, and how the interaction between them can help readers manipulate their background knowledge and real experience to process and interpret these texts. To this end, text world theory is adopted for the analysis of the selected national anthems. The results of the analysis have shown that the text world theory can provide a systematic and scientific interpretation which can enhance the reader’s comprehension of national anthems. The analysis results have also shown some similarities between English and Kurdish national anthems in terms of applying the parameters of the selected model.