2013•Journal of Mudanjiang College of EducationRequires access

Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama's Presidential Inaugural Address

Chen Zhang-y

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Based on critical discourse analysis and Halliday's framework of Systemic Functional Grammar,this paper attempts to give a critical discourse analysis of American president Obama's inaugural address in January 21,2013from transitivity,modality and personal pronouns with the aim of exploring their significance in contributing to a successful political speech and revealing the ideology behind the address.

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Key concepts: Systemic functional grammar, Critical discourse analysis, Ideology, Transitive relation, Systemic functional linguistics, Linguistics, Grammar, Discourse analysis