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对美国总统奥巴马2012获胜演讲英语文体学分析仝林志，徐跃，马荣吉，郭玉，梁庆龙•Itwillbeanalyzedintermsofgrammar,vocabulary,andphonology.vocabulary•Comparetodailyconversations,thepublicspeechexpression’schoiceismoreprecise.Manyemotionalwordsareusedtoachievethedesiredresults.Speechlanguageusingisdecidedbyitsparticularcontext,withbothoralandwrittenlanguagecharacters.vocabulary•Therefore,itisfoundthisspeechisfullofspokenwords,mostlysimple,inordertoletthewholecountrytounderstand.•Eg:That’sthefuturewehopefor.That’sthevisionweshare.That’swhereweneedtogoforward.That’swhereweneedtogo.(repetition)vocabulary•IntheEnglishpublicspeech,weneedtheattributionofabstractwhentalkaboutconceptsandquality.•Inthemeantime,theusesofabstractandcomplicatedwordaremorepreciseandserious.Inthisspeechpaper,theyusetheabstractwordssuchasdemocracy,patriotismtoshowthepoliticalcoloroftheObama’spoliticviews.Grammar•(1)Metaphor•Metaphoristheconceptofunderstandingonethingintermsofanother.Ametaphorisafigureofspeechthatconstructsananalogybetweentwothingsorideas;theanalogyisconveyedbytheuseofametaphoricalwordinplaceofsomeotherword.Grammar•Noonewhofightsforthiscountryeverhastofightforajoboraroofovertheirheadwhentheycomehome.•Inthissentence,Obamausesaroofovertheirheadtoindicatethegoodlifethecitizenswouldlive.Grammar•(2)sentence•Ininformalspeech,thespeakeruseshortsentencestoenhancethespeaker’spowerofpersuasion.•Inthisofficialspeech,thereareavarietyofthelengthsofsentences,butifcomingalongwithappropriatepause,alongsentenceisnotdifficulttounderstand.GrammarGrammar•Onthecontrary,theshortestsentencewillgainthemostpowerfulaudienceresponse.•E.g.•“That’swhywedothis.That’swhatpoliticscanbe.That’swhyelectionsmatter.It’snotsmall,it’sbig.It’simportant.Grammar•Usingappropriatesentencelengthinterchangeablyinthespeechcanarouseaudience'sfeeling.Grammar•(3)Parallelconstruction•Inthespeechlanguage,theparallelconstructionisacommonrhetoricusage.Theuseofthisstructurecanenhanceaudience'sattentionandimpression.Itcanmakethespeechmoreaccurate,contagious.Grammar•Forexample:•WewantourchildrentoliveinanAmericathatisn’tburdenedbydebt,thatisn’tweakenedupbyinequality,thatisn’tthreatenedbythedestructivepowerofawarmingplanet.phonology•Aphoneticfigureofspeechisakindofrhetoricalusagebasedonpronouncesofthewords.Intheparagraph,itappearssomewordswiththesameconsonanttomakethespeechmoreconvincible.phonology•Forexample:Thespiritthathastriumphedoverwaroverdepression,thespiritthathasliftedthiscountryfromthedepthsofdespairtothegreatheightsofhope…