修辞学分析肯尼迪演说

Course 修辞学

Inaugural Address

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At the Level of Lexis

(1) From the beginning of this speech, “my fellow citizens”, “we observe today…”we can find that throughout this speech, John F. Kennedy used the first person, let audiences stand in the same point, felt comfortable to accept his speech and evoke an echo.

(2) The appliance of metaphor adds more color to the speech. For instance, “torch”in paragraph 3 indicates American’s belief of equality and freedom; “sister republics”in paragraph 9 shows intimate relationship; “dark powers” in paragraph 11 implies the power of nuclear weapon. The figurative uses of language make this speech appeal to audience’s imaginatio n and provoke their reflection.

(3) This is an inaugural address, so it has to be effective. The diction in this speech should be appropriate, vivid and sensitive. Throughout this speech, there are many formal words, for example “observe”, “symbolize”, “signify”, “abolish”, “temper”, “discipline”, “pledge”, “invective”, “summon”, “forge”, etc. This kind of diction distributed in his speech because of the solemn circumstance. His speech is not wordy which could cause sound effect. He measured the verbs and adjectives carefully to make sure the diction is to be exact.

Choice of sentences

As we all know, there are four basic sentence types—simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, compound-complex sentences. However, using too many long and complex sentences will make audience confused. Also, too many short and simple sentences may cause negative effects. In this speech, John F. Kennedy changed sentence types orderly and try to balance the two side effects. What’s more, imperative sentences are widely used like “Let us…” they give rise to resonance and increase speaker’s tone.

Syntactic patterns

(1) Parallelism: Proper use of parallelism could produce balance and rhythm to the speech. Therefore, it may leave deep impression to audience. For example, for sentences, from paragraph 6 to paragraph 11, at the beginning of each paragraph, there are “to those old allies”, “to those people”, “to our sister republics”, “to that world assembly”, “to those nations”; from paragraph 5 to paragraph18, all start with “let both side”. For words, like “the energy, the faith, the devotion which bring to this endeavor”; for phrases, like “born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by…”All these parallel structure led to powerful result and enhance sound effect.

(2) Antithesis: The appliance of antithesis express contrasting ideas in parallel phrases or clauses to create a dramatic effect. It essentially makes the original subject seem more important. At the beginning of the speech, “We observe today not as a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end as well as a beginning—signifying renewal as well as change.” Here, the three different contract, show that America has demolished the old and bring forth the new. Antitheses together with parallelism put emphasis on the structure and fill the sentence with emotions. Besides, Kennedy used a lot of antithesis sentences to catch people’s attention. Such as “united…divided…” in paragraph 6; “Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate”in paragraph 14 and “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” in paragraph 25, etc.

(3) Alliteration: Alliteration often produces some aesthetic appeal and helps readers to remember. In this address, there are also some appliances of alliteration. For instance, “p．ay any p．rice”, “b．ear any b．urden”, “f．riends and f．oe”, “the s．urvival and the s．uccess of liberty”, “w．ishes us w．ell or ill” in paragraph 4.

In conclusion, all the above analyze the rhetorical device used in lexis and syntax. President John F. Kennedy made a successful inaugural address, which has profound effect in history. The language skills in this speech are excellently applied. In a word, it is a great classic in all the Inaugural Addresses.

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