A Rhetorical Analysis of Obamas Re-Election Campaign Speeches in Swing States under “Universal Audience Theory

摘要：

　　Western rhetoric theorists generally believe that the proper use of rhetoric can purchase power,therefore rhetoric and politics are closely related.In all of the political speeches,the importance of rhetoric is frequently presented in presidential speeches,and the vote in swing states is always a decisive factor in a presidential election.Therefore,this paper,from the “Universal Audience theory perspective,this author has selected two speeches that former American President Barack Obama delivered in 2 swing states,in order to explore how Obama applied the rhetorical skills to persuade the audience to vote for him again.

关键词： “Universal Audience theory Obama’s re-election campaign speeches swing states

作者: Zhu Lingling

作者单位: School of English Education,Beijing International Studies University,Beijing,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第七届东北亚语言、文学与翻译国际学术论坛

会议地点: 吉林

会议语种:英文

页码: 313-318

在线出版日期: 2018-06-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）