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1、PragmaticAnalysisofAmericanPresidents’InauguralAddresses1.IntroductionThepresidentofAmericanmakesspeechwhenhetakesoffice.ThisisthetraditionsincethefirstpresidentofAmericanGeorgeWashingtongaveaspeechwhenheinaugurated.Americanpresidentinauguraladdressesaremadeund
2、erthespecialsituation,withthousandsofaudiences,atthesametimethemedialivesittothewholeworld.Americansandthepeopleofothercountriesalwayshaveinfinitehopetohim,theinauguralspeechofpresidentisthefirstrespondthatpresidentgivestohispeople,thespeechcomprisesthenewpresi
3、dent’sidealaboutcountry,theanalysisofthehardshipandchallengethatthecountryisfacing,hispolicyofleadingthecountryandwhathewilldotomakeAmericanpeople’shopeaboutcountrycometrue.Whentalkingaboutpoliticalspeeches,peopleusuallypayattentiontothe‘excellentspeechskills’,
4、butnottotheaimsandmethodsofthem.Whenpeoplereadorheardsomething,frequently,theyjustpassivelyacceptedtheproducer’sideasorbeliefswithoutrethinkingaboutthem.Questionsuchas‘isitreallytrue?’and‘whydidheorsheexpressthatkindofview?’werehardlynoticedbyus.Thusthetheoryof
5、CDAintendstoraiseandfosterpeople’scriticalawareness,helpthemcultivatetheirsensitivitytothecontrollingpowerofthediscourseoverthemanddeveloptheircriticalreadingorlisteningability.CriticalDiscourseAnalysis(CDA)hasbeenusedtoanalysethepoliticalspeechrecently,andhasb
6、ecomealmostastandardapproach.CDAdiscoversandbearswitnesstounequalrelationofpowerwhichishidinginwaysofspeakinginreproducingorchallengingsociopoliticaldominance.TheaimofCDAistohelppeopleclearingtheideologies.WodaksaidthatthepurposeofCDAistomaketransparentthestruc
7、turalrelationshipsofdominance,discrimination,powerandcontrolasmanifestedinlanguage(WodakandMeyer,2002).TheimportantsubjectsthatCDAstudyarestructures,meaningsanditsapplicationinasocialcontext.Fairclough’sthree-dimensionalframeworkofcriticaldiscourseanalysisisado
8、ptedinthestudy,whichincludethreestages:description,interpretationandexplanation.Themainquestiondiscussedhereis:Howdothespeakersusethevocabulary,sentencestructureandrhetorica
