奥巴马白宫记者协会晚宴演讲语篇分析

Speech Analysis of Obama White House Journalists Association Dinner

本文主要从概念功能和人际功能方面分析了2016年美国总统奥巴马在白宫记者协会晚宴的演讲时所用的文体手段。分析后发现,从概念功能上来说,此演讲语篇的词汇和句法具有比较明显的口语特征;而从人际功能上来说,从奥巴马的演讲中可以看出其与听众情感的交流,且使用了双关、排比、对比等修辞手段。

This paper analyzes the stylistic methods used by President Barack Obama in his speech at the White House Press Association Dinner in 2016 from the aspects of conceptual function and interpersonal function. It is found that, conceptually and functionally, the lexical and syntactic features of the speech text have obvious spoken features, while from the interpersonal function, it can be seen from Obama's speech that his communication with the audience is emotional and pun is used. A rhetorical device such as comparison, contrast, etc