A stylistic analysis of political speeches. A case study of Joe Biden's inaugural speech
Abstract
The article makes an effort to analyze Vice President Joe Biden's inaugural address from multiple angles, including its style, general impression, philological issues, and public significance. Inauguration speeches are used as an example of political discourse because they have all the characteristics of good speeches: they are expressive, succinct, persuasive, and contain figurative language. Discourse in politics is defined, along with its quirks. This study is an examination of Joe Biden's persuasive rhetorical strategies as they appeared in his inaugural address. Consecutives, directives, commissives, and acknowledgments are the four main types of communicative illocutionary acts, with examples being declarations, requests, promises, and apologies. Joe Biden's inaugural address is classified, and the characteristics of each classification are discussed. Speech acts that fall under the category of "constative" include: announcing., answering, attributing., claiming., categorizing., agreeing., confirming., denying., disagreeing., .disclosing, .disputing, identifying., informing, asserting., predicting., ranking, reporting, and stating. The President's ability to sway his audience was largely. attributable. to the speech's stylistic quirks, which receive the bulk of the analysis. The essay investigates the content, language, structure, and oratory techniques utilized by the American president. The speech's core themes—unity and democracy—are defined, as are the president's plans for achieving them. The qualities that enabled him rise to the highest office in the land are no longer serving him. All inferences are based on the text's style, which is examined in detail, and are corroborated by direct excerpts from the speech.
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