Linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speeches
The principal objective of this study was to explore what rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices Presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė and Barack Obama use in their political speeches and how these devices help them to gain the audience’s attention and render the message. The speeches of the two Presid...
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ndltd-LABT_ETD-oai-elaba.lt-LT-eLABa-0001-E.02~2014~D_20140723_144546-299192014-07-25T03:53:34Z2014-07-23engPhilologyStaugaitė, IngridaLinguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speechesRetorinių strategijų kalbinis realizavimas Barako Obamos ir Dalios Grybauskaitės politinėse kalboseLithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT)The principal objective of this study was to explore what rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices Presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė and Barack Obama use in their political speeches and how these devices help them to gain the audience’s attention and render the message. The speeches of the two Presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė and B. Obama were analyzed in order to highlight the patterns of the usage of rhetorical strategies and to investigate the stylistic devices which are aimed at making speech more emphatic, expressive and persuasive. The method chosen for the study was content analysis including generalization and evaluation of the results. The results of the research showed a significant contribution of stylistic means to persuade the listeners on an emotional level or even to manipulate them. The next step of the study must be conducted to determine stylistic means which can influence rhythmical feature of the speech.Magistro darbo tikslas- išryškinti retorinių strategijų modelius, ištirti stilistines priemones, kurios yra naudojamos prezidentų Dalios Grybauskaitės ir Barako Obamos politinėse kalbose ir kaip jos padeda įgyti auditorijos palankumą, iškelti svarbias problemas ir kartu įtikinti visuomenę savo idėjomis emociškai manipuliuojant. Analizuojant kalbas buvo atliktos lyginamoji, turinio, diskurso, taip pat apibendrinimo ir vertinimo analizės. Gauti rezultatai patvirtina, kad prezidentai, siekdami savo tikslų per politinę retoriką, bando manipuliuoti auditorijos įsitikinimais ir taip paveikti visuomenės veiksmus. Kitas žingsnis turėtų būti atliekamas siekiant nustatyti tas stilistines priemones naudojamas kalbose, kurios turi įtakos kalbos ritmiškumui.Stylistic devicesRhetoricPolitical discourseStilistinės priemonėsRetorikaPolitinis diskursasMaster thesisSelmistraitis, LinasCibulskienė, JurgaKozačišče, JekaterinaBuitkienė, JaninaGiparaitė, JuditaŠliogerienė, JolitaBalčytė-Kurtinienė, GiedrėMcCarthy, TeriLithuanian University of Educational SciencesLithuanian University of Educational Scienceshttp://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140723_144546-29919LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140723_144546-29919LEU-olfatdfpvgn-20140522-135128http://vddb.library.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140723_144546-29919/DS.005.1.01.ETDUnrestrictedapplication/pdf |
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The principal objective of this study was to explore what rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices Presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė and Barack Obama use in their political speeches and how these devices help them to gain the audience’s attention and render the message. The speeches of the two Presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė and B. Obama were analyzed in order to highlight the patterns of the usage of rhetorical strategies and to investigate the stylistic devices which are aimed at making speech more emphatic, expressive and persuasive. The method chosen for the study was content analysis including generalization and evaluation of the results. The results of the research showed a significant contribution of stylistic means to persuade the listeners on an emotional level or even to manipulate them. The next step of the study must be conducted to determine stylistic means which can influence rhythmical feature of the speech. === Magistro darbo tikslas- išryškinti retorinių strategijų modelius, ištirti stilistines priemones, kurios yra naudojamos prezidentų Dalios Grybauskaitės ir Barako Obamos politinėse kalbose ir kaip jos padeda įgyti auditorijos palankumą, iškelti svarbias problemas ir kartu įtikinti visuomenę savo idėjomis emociškai manipuliuojant. Analizuojant kalbas buvo atliktos lyginamoji, turinio, diskurso, taip pat apibendrinimo ir vertinimo analizės. Gauti rezultatai patvirtina, kad prezidentai, siekdami savo tikslų per politinę retoriką, bando manipuliuoti auditorijos įsitikinimais ir taip paveikti visuomenės veiksmus. Kitas žingsnis turėtų būti atliekamas siekiant nustatyti tas stilistines priemones naudojamas kalbose, kurios turi įtakos kalbos ritmiškumui. |
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Linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speeches |
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Linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speeches |
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Linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speeches |
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Linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speeches |
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Linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in Barack Obama and Dalia Grybauskaitė's political speeches |
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linguistic realization of rhetorical strategies in barack obama and dalia grybauskaitė's political speeches |
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