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 perspe...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.展开更多
This paper probes into the rhetoric and references aspects in Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address. The rhetoric part consists of Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle:ethos,logos and pathos. It describes how a speaker uses &...This paper probes into the rhetoric and references aspects in Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address. The rhetoric part consists of Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle:ethos,logos and pathos. It describes how a speaker uses "ethos" to establish their bona fides,"logos" to make the argument logically and "pathos" to manipulate emotion. The references part focuses on seven allusions that are referred to in the Inaugural Address.展开更多
文摘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.
文摘This paper probes into the rhetoric and references aspects in Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address. The rhetoric part consists of Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle:ethos,logos and pathos. It describes how a speaker uses "ethos" to establish their bona fides,"logos" to make the argument logically and "pathos" to manipulate emotion. The references part focuses on seven allusions that are referred to in the Inaugural Address.
