The Functional Stylistic Analysis of Kennedy’s Inaugural Address

Yan JIAO

Abstract


Kennedy’s Inaugural speech is one of the most brilliant English political speech owing to its political significance and unique eloquent style. This thesis attempts to explore this speech from the perspective of functional stylistics through qualitative and quantitative methods as to reveal Kennedy’s speech style and political insights.


Keywords


Functional stylistics; English political speech; Kennedy

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/11723

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