Mašić, Josip and Kišiček, Gabrijela.
(2015).
Rhetorical analysis of the speeches delivered by
American presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy and
Obama.
Govor : časopis za fonetiku, 32(1).
pp. 57-72.
ISSN 0352-7565
Abstract
The paper analyzes speeches of American presidents F. D. Roosevelt, J. F. Kennedy and
B. Obama which were delivered in different historical context when the United States of
America was directly or indirectly endangered. The main goal of the paper is to determine
rhetorical characteristics of the speeches which took place at the time of the crisis, but also to
describe the rhetorical style of the speakers identifying the differences and similarities between
them. Rhetorical analysis includes descriptive analysis of argumentation, analysis of speech
structure and rhetorical style and also the description of the preferred rhetorical tactics. The
results suggest that American presidents had similar rhetorical characteristics and used similar
argumentation strategies regardless of the different historical contexts and audiences their
speeches were delivered to. Regardless of all the similarities between the presidents, each of
them demonstrated an individual rhetorical style, justifying the image of some of the best
American orators of modern times.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
rhetoric, argumentation, fallacies, political discourse, presidential orations |
| Subjects: |
Phonetics |
| Departments: |
Department of Phonetics |
| Date Deposited: |
05 Jun 2019 08:34 |
| Last Modified: |
05 Jun 2019 08:34 |
| URI: |
http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/11372 |
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