English Public Political Speaking Analysis

AbstractDiscourse is a Streth of langUage in use, W on meanin in context for itsusers, and Percehed by theIn as mpsive, meAnngfu, and connected, incIudingboth W and written lM' Discourse analysis is the stUdy of how Stfetchsof lM conSdered in their ffol tend, social and pSychological contexts,become menigu and whfied fOr their users. The alin of discotrie anaysis is toexPIain how peopIe conStrUt and comPreend various cohereDt discourses.Discourse analysis grew out of work in differen disciPlines in the l960s and earyl970s. Today discourse analysis is a flourishing area of lingUistic stUdy and isrecwized as making a valuable conSbon to our understandin of hOWlMe Works. Discourse conSderaions in one or another, are eVident in all areasof lillghstic research.English public sPealdng occurs When one person sPeaks in English to anaudience WhO is Physically present. There is a vedety of ways to divide it intodifferen wt. It is the cOntet tha W the SPeaker and the audience if we take thePrOcess of Public sPeakin as a Whole. Consequntiy, Ellglish Public POliticalspeakin, the SUbeCt of this thesis, is one sub-component in terms of classificationof content. English Public POlitical speaking is one tha the speaker usually onbehalf of a certain class, society or party makes to an audience on some imPohanmatterS and relationShips hOme and forad. ffes ty'Pe of public spealdn has a widerange of aPPlication. Its basic charaCteristic is of strOng political tCndency with tigidIogic and Strong arousing fOrCe. Its dri is tO whuene audience.fos thesis Ms to use the methds of discourse anaiysis to deal withEnglish public POlitical speaking. The aiIn of discourse analysis is tO the thaIlconunwhcative purpose, conununicative sihaion and discourse forction influencethe choice of orgedZaional pattems and straegies of discourse.The author analyses each pwt of a political sPeech in details. A POliticalsPeech is divided into three partS: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Thebody of a speech contalns the substance of What a speaker has to say and developsthe speaker's purpose. The speaker has to arrange the substrice in a way that willhelp him achieve the pUrpOse and that will help the audience know what's going onand what the sPeaker is driving at. Six orsboZational pattems are most frequenilyemployed in POlitical speeches. They are problem-solotion, need-plan, Monroe'smotivated sequential, refutative, cause-effect and topical pattems.Once What pattems has been determined, the next crucial step is to considerhow to develop the message. The first strategy is the use of logic and evidence topersuade because logic is central to POlitical speeches and a speaker cannot simplystate a conclusion without proving it with evidence. The second strategy is the use ofemotional aPpeals because often listeners make decisions based not on logic, botupon emotion. Howevef, the speaker should never substitUte emotional aPpeals forevidence and reasoning, he should build a good case based on reason and kindle theemotions of his audience. The third strategy is the use of rhetoric device for thebetter accomplishInent of his purpose because rhetoric is the study of the way arebrought to life and communicated to others. There are several rhetoric devices mostfrequently employed by political speakers such as parallelism, repetition, antithesis,rhetorical question and alliteration.The body of the speech must be introduced in some way. Each introductionshould do tWo things: to catch the audience's attention and provide some audienceorientation. Specifically, a good introduction serves five importance objectives. First,it is to get the audience's anefltion and interest. Second, it is to intrOduce the subject.Thrd, it is to give the audience a reason to listen. Fourth, it is to establish speaker'scredibility. Fifth, it is to indicate the central idea, and if desirable, preview its main points. While the first...