DOI: 10.5176/2251-2853_2.2.117
Authors: A.Sheveleva and V.Timchenko
Abstract:
The paper is devoted to the analysis of rhetorical and socio-linguistic peculiarities typical of Mr. Barack Obama’s political speeches delivered at different periods of his presidency. Thus, the present paper consists of two parts. The first part contains the description of the linguo-stylistic means, used by the speaker, which are aimed at making his speeches more bright emphatic, expressive, and intelligible. The second part, written on the ground of the first, holds within itself brief commentary notes on sociolinguistic peculiarities and reveals the main communicative strategies in the President’s political behavior. These strategies show the main tendencies in internal and foreign policy pursued by the American President and the country he represents on the international arena. They offer a key to the understanding of the policy to be followed by the political authorities in the future.
Keywords:
communicative strategies, political rhetoric, socio-linguistic peculiarities
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