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1、PragmaticAnalysisofAmericanPresidents’InauguralAddresses1.IntroductionThepresidentofAmericanmakesspeechwhenhetakesoffice.ThisisthetraditionsincethefirstpresidentofAmericanGeorgeWashingtongaveaspeechwhenheinaugurated.Americanpresidentinauguraladdressesaremadeunderthespecialsitua
2、tion,withthousandsofaudiences,atthesametimethemedialivesittothewholeworld.Americansandthepeopleofothercountriesalwayshaveinfinitehopetohim,theinauguralspeechofpresidentisthefirstrespondthatpresidentgivestohispeople,thespeechcomprisesthenewpresident’sidealaboutcountry,theanalysi
3、softhehardshipandchallengethatthecountryisfacing,hispolicyofleadingthecountryandwhathewilldotomakeAmericanpeople’shopeaboutcountrycometrue.Whentalkingaboutpoliticalspeeches,peopleusuallypayattentiontothe‘excellentspeechskills’,butnottotheaimsandmethodsofthem.Whenpeoplereadorhea
4、rdsomething,frequently,theyjustpassivelyacceptedtheproducer’sideasorbeliefswithoutrethinkingaboutthem.Questionsuchas‘isitreallytrue?’and‘whydidheorsheexpressthatkindofview?’werehardlynoticedbyus.ThusthetheoryofCDAintendstoraiseandfosterpeople’scriticalawareness,helpthemcultivat
5、etheirsensitivitytothecontrollingpowerofthediscourseoverthemanddeveloptheircriticalreadingorlisteningability.CriticalDiscourseAnalysis(CDA)hasbeenusedtoanalysethepoliticalspeechrecently,andhasbecomealmostastandardapproach.CDAdiscoversandbearswitnesstounequalrelationofpowerwhich
6、ishidinginwaysofspeakinginreproducingorchallengingsociopoliticaldominance.TheaimofCDAistohelppeopleclearingtheideologies.WodaksaidthatthepurposeofCDAistomaketransparentthestructuralrelationshipsofdominance,discrimination,powerandcontrolasmanifestedinlanguage(WodakandMeyer,2002)
7、.TheimportantsubjectsthatCDAstudyarestructures,meaningsanditsapplicationinasocialcontext.Fairclough’sthree-dimensionalframeworkofcriticaldiscourseanalysisisadoptedinthestudy,whichincludethreestages:description,interpretationandexplanation.Themainquestion14discussedhereis:Howdot
8、hespeakersusethevocabulary,sentencestructureandrhetori
