Open AccessAnalysis of Interpersonal Meaning in Public Speeches—A Case Study of Obama’s Speech
Author(s) -
Hao Feng,
Yuhui Liu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of language teaching and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0684
pISSN - 1798-4769
DOI - 10.4304/jltr.1.6.825-829
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , interpersonal communication , psychology , linguistics , social psychology , interpersonal interaction , speech act , political science , philosophy , psychotherapist
This paper uses the opening speech given by president Obama at a prime time news conference commemorating his first 100th day in office as the sample and tries to explore how interpersonal meaning is achieved from the perspective of Functional Grammar and with the focus on mood, modal auxiliary, personal pronouns in pronoun system, and tense shift. The finding shows that Obama makes full use of the language to achieve his political purpose in his speech by using different devices to fulfill interpersonal meaning