A Comparative Stylistic Analysis of King and Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Public address is one of the study fields in the research of stylistics. For those public addresses made by most internationally influential characters, most of the public addresses are regarded as the literature classics and optimal resources for English learners as well. Acceptance speech, as one branch of public addresses, is much more representative and referential in some specified areas such as academics, entertainment, economy, society and so on. This paper will conduct a brief comparative analysis based on the acceptance speech made by Martin Luther King in 1964 and Barack Obama, the 44th president of United States, after their winning the Nobel Peace Prize by revealing their stylistic features in order to evoke the readers their more appreciations about the art of public address.

An Analysis of the Language Features of Barack Obama's Inaugural Speeches

This thesis tries to analyze the language features of Barack Obama's two inaugural speeches in 2008 and 2012 from the linguistic aspects,including sentence types as well as figures of speech which included imperative sentences,parallelism,rhetorical question,alliteration,hyperbole,simile,metaphor and so on.

On Barack Obama's Inaugural Address——A Systemic Functional Perspective

Obama's election draws the world's attention because of his skin color,so is his inaugural address.The paper analyzes his inaugural address according to the parameter of the three metafunctions from the perspective of systemic functional grammar:ideational,interpersonal and textual.Accordingly,transitivity system,Mood and modality,and thematic progression in the address are respectively examined.

Modes of Persuasion in Barack Obama's First Inaugural Speech

Based on three aesthetic criteria of logos, pathos and ethos in classic rhetoric theory, this article analyzes the modes of persuasion applied in Barack Obama's first inaugural speech. It has been found out that the perfect combination of these three appeals endows the speech with the rhetoric charm, passion and art of language which efficiently helps Obama to guarantee the political success in election.

A Stylistic Analysis of Barack Obama's Victory Speech

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 analyses the speech from four aspects:content,grammatical features,lexical features and semantic features.

Cultural Context and Appreciation to Obama's Verbal Humor

This paper aims to explain the restraint exerted by the deep structure of culture,such as history,religion,social convention and family,in understanding and appreciating foreign verbal humor,especially foreign statesman's verbal humor;whereby the significance of the deep structure of culture is revealed.In this paper,Herbert Paul Grice's Conversational Implicature Theory,i.e.the violation of cooperative principle,is taken as the theoretic base;the deep structure of culture is the analytical background and some of Obama's remarks and speeches given informal occasions are taken as analyzed examples,from which the essential role of the deep structure of culture is emphasized and focused in cross-cultural communication.

A Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of the Chinese Translation of Obama's Speech at the First Meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China——Through the Lens of Reiss' s Text Type Theory

According to Reiss’s Text Type theory,a key part of the functionalist approach in translation studies,the source text can be assigned to a text type and to a genre.In making this assignment,the translator can decide on the hierarchy of postulates which has to be observed during target-text production(Mona,2005).This essay intends to conduct a linguistic and stylistic analysis of the Chinese translation of Obama’s speech to explore the general approach of the translator(if there is one),by comparing the respective results of the two analyses from the perspective of Katharina Reiss’s Text Type theory.In doing so,critical judgments will accordingly be made as to whether such an approach is justifiable or not.

Obama's Legacy The Foreign Policy of the Late-Term Obama Administration

The year 2014 was a tipping point for the Barack Obama Administration--that was the year when it strove to forge a legacy of the Obarna era but came up against challenges arising from major changes that were taking place internationally and domestically. The Administration was then focused on maintaining a fragile balance between creating this legacy and responding to these challenges. Obama stuck to his fundamental principles when dealing with overseas affairs, but he also came up with new responses. The dynamic balance struck between these two formed the basis of the global strategy of the late-term Obama Administration. The Administration＇s focus at this time highlights the dilemma it faced in forging a legacy. Further, the foreign policy of Obama and Trump are actually not so different; they both supported some degree of isolationism with a focus on domestic issues.

Values, Strengths, and Reality： A Multidimensional Reading ofthe Obama Phenomenon

After fierce competition, Obama won the presidential race and was successfully elected as the firstAfrican-American President in US history. Unlike his predecessors, his success is primarily dependent on personalstruggle rather than renowned family background or remarkable personal political experience andaccomplishments; the change in US political environment reflected by the case is defined as ＂The ObamaPhenomenon＂. The Obama Phenomenon is the product of a variety of factors： The values of Individualism alongwith the philosophy of Pragmatism have built the macro-environment for it; Obama＇s elite political backgroundand his excellent personal strengths have laid the foundation for his success; the mistakes in domestic and foreignaffairs made by the Bush Administration made the Republican Party lose popular support, which removed theobstacles to Obama＇s success. This paper is to explore the reasons for Obama＇s success so as to contribute to abetter understanding of the changes in US society, in particular its political environment, excavate the impetus forthe changes, and rationally predict its

An Analysis on Gender Differences in Public Speeches of Obama and Hillary

In recent years,people pay more and more attention to the connection between gender and language.Due to some social reasons and differences in body structure,gender differences no doubt exist.But gender differences in language have changed a little in modern society due to women's elevation of social status and their desire of realizing self-value.In this paper gender differences reflected in modern language hope to be found out on the basis of two public speeches of Hillary and Obama.

A Stylistic Analysis of Michelle Obama's Speech at the Democratic National Convention

Delivering a public speech is to produce a work of verbal art.As other kinds of art,the intelligent use of techniques along with rich and true feelings makes public speech attractive.On September 4th,Michelle Obama addressed a speech at the Democratic National Party Convention for his husband-Barack Obama's re-election.In the speech,many stylistic techniques are employed that deserve a specific analysis to exhibit what they are,and how they help the speech win an active reaction from the audience.The analysis will be carried out from four perspectives,namely,phonological,lexical,syntactical and semantic analy ses.

A Comparative Study on Obama's Speeches from the Perspective of Interpersonal Function

This paper attempts to conduct a comparative study on Obama’s two speeches—his second inaugural address and his commencement speech in The Ohio State University in 2013 based on Halliday’s theory of Interpersonal Function.The author finds that mood,modality and personal pronouns are the major language means used to realize the interpersonal function;in his two speeches,Obama makes different choices of those resources,and different choices indicate different attitudes and intentions.

A Study of Conceptual Metaphors in Obama's Weekly Addresses

Conceptual metaphor plays an important role in delivering political speeches for it can make abstract and complicated political concepts into clear and vivid statements. Therefore, it is often used by politicians. The American President Barack Obama often utilizes metaphors in his speeches and good at utilizing them. The weekly address is a typical representative of political discourse. This article is intended to analyze the conceptual metaphors used in Obama's weekly addresses on the basis of the conceptual metaphor theory proposed by Lakoff and Johnson.The analysis shows that there are three categories of conceptual metaphors used frequently in Obama's weekly addresses, which can be learned that how Obama uses conceptual metaphors to make speeches more vivid.

Huu S. TIEU Request for FDA to Establish Regenerating Human Cells as Law on December 13, 2016 President Barack H. Obama Signed the 21st Century CURES Act into FDA Regulation and Law

Background and Aims: On November 24, 2009, Huu S. TIEU and Golden Sunrise Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Golden Sunrise) applied for the Technology and Innovation to be reviewed and evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the review and evaluation, it was requested by Golden Sunrise designated the new indications for this application under Serious or Life-threatening conditions or diseases. Discussions followed with the FDA, Huu S. TIEU, and Golden Sunrise for FDA approval on new products and new indications on existing new Medical Technology and Innovation. It was agreed in Year-2015 that the FDA would take the request for new indications to the United States Congress to establish into FDA regulation and law. At that time the following was the FDA Guidance—“Emergency Use of a Test Article” is exempt from prior Institutional Review Board or Advisory Committee evaluation and approval, provided that such emergency use is reported to the Institutional Review Board within five working days after use. Expedited Institutional Review Board or Advisory Committee approval is not permitted in emergency use. There has been no funding to the authors for the writing or publication of this article. Methods: It was requested by Huu S. TIEU and Golden Sunrise in documents given to the FDA to have Serious or Life-threatening conditions or diseases indication be recognized by law. On August 08, 2015, the FDA responding to this request took the documentation produced by Golden Sunrise to the United States Congress on behalf of Golden Sunrise and Huu S. TIEU. This article encompasses the FDA regulatory method as well as the discussion and results of the establishment of the FDA and the 21st Century Cures Act. Results: On December 13, 2016, H.R.34—114th United States Congress (2015-2016) 21st Century CURES Act was signed into law by President Barack H. Obama which included the Serious or Life-threatening indication to be written into the CURES Act. In summary, the 21st Century Cures Act is a landmark piece of legislation that enjoyed broad bipartisan support in United States Congress. The main goals of the Act are impactful and should transform future cancer, neurologic, and precision medicine or drug research as well as aid individuals with mental health is intended to facilitate the prompt approval of new agents and devices, clinicians should be aware of the types of data behind an approval and take this into consideration when developing illnesses and opioid dependence. However, some of the wording within the CURES Act regarding the drug and device approval process may bring pause to health care providers including pharmacists. Although this wording and implementing care plans and counseling patients. The 21st Century Cures Act was incorporated into laws and regulations by the FDA under § 3072 of the Act grants the Commissioner of Food and Drugs the authority to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for outstanding and qualified candidates to scientific, technical, or professional positions that support the development, review, and regulation of medical products.

Obama Team Overseeing ITA Transition Expected to Submit Initial Report

The team appointed by President-elect Obama to oversee the transition at the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) plans to put together its initial report on its ongoing on-site review of

Obama Plays Catch Up in Africa

WITH the world economic re- covery under way, Africa is work- ing to revive strong growth, aid- ed by booming cooperation with emerging economies that is boosting the continent＇s eco- nomic development. This growth is shown in the IMF figures,

NCTO Calls for Tough Action from Obama on China as Textile Export Subsidies Rise

National Council of Textile Organizations [NCTO] President Cass Johnson Nov. 24 called on President-elect Obama to monitor Chinese textiles imports, pass China currency legislation, and, with China

论奥巴马总统竞选获胜演讲的文体风格

巴拉克.胡赛因.奥巴马在2008年美国总统选举中获胜,当选美国第56届总统,当晚他发表了获胜演讲。这篇演讲条理分明、框架清晰、语气温和、富有亲和力、激情四射、富有感染力,演讲用词具有大众化、平民化特征。句式表达具有多样性,使语言表达强略得当,舒展自如。在修辞上使用了大量的排比、反复、对比等手法,不愧是一篇演讲的经典之作。

从奥巴马到特朗普:美国科技创新政策特点和趋势分析

科技创新政策是对一系列旨在推动科技发展策略措施的统称,既为科技发展指明战略方向也规划出具体战术路径。通过对奥巴马政府科技创新政策的研究,总结出其在政策制定战略、政策战术选择、政策目标定位等方面的特点。特朗普政府颁布的2018财年预算蓝图,在一定程度上反映出新政府的科技发展规划,因此文章以其内容分析为基础,并通过与奥巴马时期进行比较,分析出特朗普时代美国科技创新政策呈现出的新特点和新趋势。