Abstract
Language is used as a means of communication which reveals the identity,
ideology and individual traits of the user. With this as background, the present study
aims at analysing the speech of former US President Barack H. Obama focusing
primarily on the implicit practices behind discourse. Using qualitative approach, we
took Obama’s speech on COVID-19 as a sample. Data was analysed with the help of
Fairclough’s three-dimensional model where first the text was linguistically analysed
before explanation of the discursive process and social process. Findings of the
present study show that Obama used linguistic devices such as historical references,
use of inclusive pronouns and repetition of the phrases etc. very skilfully to reach at
the heart of the audience. Moreover, he laid stress on the need of unity, love and
peace as a solution to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the other prevailing issues.
Furthermore, we also highlight how social position can change social perspective of
the people.
Hassan Bukhtiar, Dr. Muhammad Rashid Hafeez, Dr. Rizwan Akhtar. (2020) “Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s COVID-19 Speech, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 5, Issue-2.
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