浅谈奥巴马演讲中的语用策略_英语论文.docVIP

浅谈奥巴马演讲中的语用策略_英语论文 Acknowledgments One of the greatest joys during the writing of this thesis is discussing with people who have given not just their time and attention, but their hearts and souls as well. I hereby would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the following people for their selfless dedication and contribution to my thesis. My profound gratitude first goes to the teachers who have helped me with this paper. Among them I especially want to thank Ms. Liyan, my supervisor, who has generously shared her inspirational and provocative ideas during many of our face-to-face discussion sessions. I will never forget the precious time she has spent for me. Another Person I would like to thank is my friend Chen Xuejuan for helping me find all the necessary research materials. I would never forgot the time we spent in the libraries and the book stores. I also appreciate the time she has spent to help me getting my ideas into shape. Last but not least, I would like to appreciate my dear mother. Whenever I want to give up, she always encouraged me to continue. She helped me to find balance between my internship and this paper. Without her encouragement, I cannot finish the paper within the required time. Abstract Public speaking as an efficient way of expressing onersquo;s idea is playing a gradually important role in our daily life. A typical person who has benefited a lot from making excellent speeches is Obama, the American President. The success of Obama aroused the phenomenon called quot;say it like Obamaquot;. English learners treat Obamarsquo;s speeches as authentic examples for their English learning. Hundreds of books has been published to analyze the speaking techniques used by Obama. However, little attention has been paid to the pragmatic strategies in these speeches. This paper tried to analyze the speeches from this creative perspective and hope to act as a guide to future study. The paper falls into three parts. The first part serves as an intro