Analysis of Rhetorical Devices in Inaugural Addresses of American Presidents美国总统就职演说中的修辞分析

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1、美国总统就职演说中的修辞分析AnalysisofRhetoricalDevicesinInauguralAddressesofAmericanPresidentsABSTRACTAmericanpresidentialinaugurationisasolemnoccasionwhichrequiresaformalspeech.Ontheinaugurationday,eachpresidentwilldeliverhisinauguraladdresstoexpresshispoliticalviewsandwintheaudience

2、`ssupport.Inauguraladdressischaracterizedbyitsclearviewpoints,refinedlanguageandpersuasiveness.Likeotherspeeches,inauguraladdressisabundentinrhetoricaldevices.TheserhetoricaldevicesplayanimportantroleinAmericanpresidentialaddresses.ThispaperclassifiesEnglishrhetoricintoth

3、reecategories:lexicalstylisticdevices,syntacticalstylisticdevicesandphoneticstylisticdevicesfromperspectiveoflinguistics.Basedonthisclassification,itanalyzesrhetoricaldevicesemployedininauguraladdresses.Thispaperalsomakesathoroughanalysisofsimile,metaphor,parallelism,anti

4、thesis,allusionandalliterationetc.inObama`sinauguraladdress.Itishopedthatthispaperwillprovideprofoundinsightsintoinauguraladdressesbymeansofrhetoric.Thoughanalysis,theuseofrhetoricaldevicescanmakeinauguraladdressacceptable.Keywords:inauguraladdress;rhetoricaldevices;metap

5、hor;parallelism;allusion摘要每任新总统上任都要发表就职演说，其目的在于表明自己的政治立场，鼓舞听众，打动人心，赢得支持。总统就职演说以其鲜明的观点，雅致的语言，强大的雄辩力和深刻的洞察力，令人精神振奋，鼓舞人心。修辞存在于各种演讲当中，尤其是在美国总统就职演讲中，更是起着极其重要的作用，是影响就职演说成败的关键。本文从语言学角度，将英语中的修辞手段分为词汇修辞格、句法修辞格和语音修辞格三类，认真研究主要修辞手段在就职演说中的作用，包括明喻、暗喻、排比、对偶、典故、头韵等等，并以奥巴马在就职演说中的精彩语言为例，来体

6、现修辞的生动和耐人寻味，使读者运用所学的修辞手法更深刻地理解总统就职演说。关键词：就职演说；修辞手法；暗喻；排比；典故ContentsI.Introduction.................................................................................................................1II.AnIntroductionofRhetoricandInauguaralAddress…………………………...32.1AnIntroductio

7、nofRhetoric……………………………………………………..32.1.1LexicalStylisticDevices………………………….....................................32.1.2SyntacticalStylisticDevices.......................................................................42.1.3PhoneticStylisticDevices……………………………….………………..42.2AnIn

8、troductionofInauguralAddress…………………………………………...4III.RhetoricalDevicesinInauguralAddress………………………