TEXT COMMUNICATION CYCLE: A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC STUDY OF SELECTED REPORTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)

Abstract

This study introduces and theorises the Text Communication Cycle as a linguistic framework for analyzing the socio-pragmatic dimensions of communication has been applied to official reports, specifically focusing on the yearly Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) reports. This research aims to unveil the evolving communicative strategies employed by the United Nations in its efforts to inform, persuade, and mobilize global stakeholders towards achieving the 2030 Agenda by examining the communicative intents, encoding strategies, transmission channels, anticipated reception, and feedback mechanisms embedded within these crucial documents. A socio-pragmatic lens is applied to selected SDG reports from 2020 to 2025, analyzing linguistic choices, narrative structures, visual communication, politeness strategies, implicatures, speech acts, and framing. Findings reveal significant adaptations in the UN's communication strategies over time, particularly in response to global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating climate change. This theoretical and empirical investigation provides a robust methodology for future research into the communicative dynamics of global governance and sustainable development.