Analysis of Barack Obama‟s Speeches Junling Wang School of Foreign Languages‚ Northwest Normal University‚ Lanzhou‚ China Email: wangjl36@163.com Abstract—The Critical Discourse Analysis is often applied to analyze political discourse including the public speech‚ in which the speaker wins favorite response from the audience. This paper‚ based on Critical Discourse Analysis theory and Systematic Functional Linguistics‚ analyzes Barack Obama’s presidential speeches mainly from the point of transitivity
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How life guarding started The use of lifeguards on beaches in California began in the late 1930’s. The beach was inexpensive recreation in the post-Depression era. Communities grew around seasonal beach attendance. Transportation improvements made the beach accessible to the inland communities. The influx of swimmers into the surf-zone in Southern California leads to drowning on a sometimes massive scale: • Early 1900’s Newport Beach - 18 drowned in one weekend early 1900’s • 1918 - San Diego
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CONSTRAINTS ON EFFECTIVE PERSUASIVE SPEAKING Selective Listening -audience attends to messages‚ interprets them ‚ and remembers them selectively -if vague or unclear the audience will “clarify” with their views -start with areas of agreement and move to differences -audience may ignore message because of common ground Selective Perception Denial- refuse to accept a message that challenges them to change no matter what Dismissal- dispute that the message doesn’t apply to them Belittling
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The closing statements of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women‚ 1995‚ epitomise the message she presents in her speech. Although she addresses a specific audience and follows a specific purpose‚ the values she extols of tolerance‚ equality and peace are universal. In the opinion of this responder‚ it is the treatment of these fundamental human beliefs and aspirations that makes this speech so significant. As an inhabitant of a developed nation in which the
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World Environment Day Speech by Hon’ble Minister for Environment and Forests His Excellency the Vice-President of India‚ Thiru. Bhairon Singh Shekhawatji‚ Prof. Yash Pal‚ the Eminent Scientist of the country‚ Thiru. V.K. Duggal‚ Special Secretary‚ Ministry of Environment & Forests‚ Young Environmentalists‚ Ladies & Gentlemen‚ It gives me great pleasure to be among you today on the occasion of the World Environment Day and the 25th Foundation Day of the National Museum of Natural History
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SPEECHES Funeral Service of the Unknown Soldier: Paul Keating Context: * 11th of November 1991 on Remembrance Day in memory of all those who died or suffered in al wars and armed conflict * Speech coincided with the 75th anniversary of the 1918 armistice that ended WW1 * In commemoration of this historic event the remains of an unknown soldier from the Western Front were returned to the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial and a funeral ceremony was held * Funeral ceremony
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All praise is due to Allah‚ Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) of all the worlds. I bear witness that there is no god worth to be worship except Allah Who sent His Prophets (a.s.)[1] to guide mankind to the righteousness. I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah (s.a.w.)[2] is the true and final Messenger of Allah to all nations who fulfilled his mission to mankind. May peace and blessing of Allah be upon the Prophet Muhammad‚ his family‚ and his Sahabas(companions)? "O‚ you who believe
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Reading selectively or extensively Honorable judges‚ good morning/afternoon .I am glad to stand here and give you a short speech .Today my topic is reading selectively or extensively .I deeply hope you will like it. As we all know‚ reading is a tradition inherited from ancient society which has a long history. Whether to read selectively or extensively has been a common question discussed by people from very ancient time. Some people tend to choose to read selectively. Having received a book they
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motivation and a better understanding of the job requirements. Anniversary Date and Common Merit Date performance reviews each have advantages and disadvantages. It would behoove the human resource professional to choose the approach that best suits their organization’s needs and goals. Some of the factors that should be taken into consideration are; planning cycles‚ hiring practices‚ and organizational culture (Koss‚ 2009‚ p. 7) Anniversary reviews are commonly used when the organization has a lot
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Evaluate how TWO speeches you have studied employ rhetorical devices to represent visionary ideas Powerful speeches affirm universal values which remain prevalent in human nature’s aspiration to productively approach the future. Noel Pearson’s speech “An Australian history for us all” (1996) and Anwar Sadat’s “Statement to the Knesset” (1977)‚ through effective use of rhetorical devices‚ creates textual integrity to explore visionary ideas: establishing the need for change by examining “the past
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