英语文体学学期论文范文

英语文体学学期论文范文

英语文体学学期论文范文-Stylistic Analysis of Brack Obamas Victory SpeechAbstract: Public speech is an art. It presents the features of formal written language while exhibiting characteristics of the spoken. Barack Obama ,an excellent speaker, addressed his victory speech on NOV 5, 2008 in Chicago. This speech, which is very convincing, is considered a classic. This paper analysis the speech from four aspects: content, grammatical features, lexical features and semantic features. Through the essay, we can have a better understanding of the public speech.Key Words: Obama, victory speech; stylistic analysisOn NOV 5,2008,Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of America, becoming the first national leader in American history. On the evening, Obama addressed his victory speech in Chicago. The theme of Obamas victory speech is change is coming to America in response to the special period of US. Form the perspective of stylistics, the speech can be analyzed form four aspects: content, grammatical features, lexical features and semantic features.1.Introduction of the contentIn terms of the main idea of the speech, it can be divided into five parts, including:celebration(para.1-5),thanks(para.6-10),challenge(para.3

0-32).Those parts are developed naturally and connected with each other coherently, which serves for the unity of the theme.2.Grammatical features2.1Variation in sentence lengthThere are 83 sentences and 2067 words in Obamas Victoty Speech. The length of sentences varies with the change emotional state of mind of the Obama. The average length is 25 words per sentence, which show the trait of formal written language. But Obama does not use too much long sentence to confuse the audience. Short sentences, which are easier to remember and to understand also server to deliver his massage clearly.2.2Different sentence typesIn this speech, composite sentences are very common, while simple sentences just account for a little part. Obama rarely uses s structure. Instead, he applied of, that and who to put the modifier part behind. By using postposition structure, he makes the content more precise and adds a sense of elegance and gravity to the speech.Besides, all the sentences in the speech are statement without a few questions. Because the aim of speech is to deliver the massage of yes we can, he utilizes affirmative tone to emphasize his and American peoples confidence. The application of command also helps to enhance the interaction of the addresser and the addresses.3 lexical features3.1DictionAs Obamas victory speech has been meticulously prepares, every word has been