Accordingly, investigating interdiscursivity means connecting text with context, examining how discourses and genres are configured in “orders of discourse”, how different discourses and genres are combined, and how texts are produced and interpreted based on a particular social context .
4. Interdiscursivity in the Camp David speech
In the wake of signing the two Accords of Camp David on 17th September 1978, Sadat delivered a speech before the members of the Egyptian Parliament on the 4th October. Egyptians watched or listened to a live transmission of the speech on radio and television. The speech stated the terms of the two Accords and mentioned some of the circumstances surrounding the signings. The speech also addressed those opposed to the Accords. This speech had special significance for the following reasons:
First, it is the first speech directed to the Egyptian people after signing the Accords.
Second, it was delivered after the positions of those opposed to the Accords had become clear; hence, intensifying the speech’s role in directing the conflict between supporters and