Academic Scientific JournalsAnalysis of the Idiolect of Barack Obama
Keywords:
Idiolect, Rhetoric, Barack Obama, U.S. President, Critical Discourse AnalysisAbstract
In this article, the authors will focus on the analysis of the idiolect and rhetoric of U.S. President Barack Obama through his speeches, statements, and use of terms. As the main research method, we will use the analysis and for better description and result evaluation, we also focus on comparison with other U.S. presidents. For a deeper analysis of the discursive strategies of Barack Obama, we also apply critical discourse analysis to achieve more complex characteristics of his idiolect. Following this main goal by writing the article we suppose that the rhetoric and idiolect of Barack Obama is positively disposed and very attractive for the public.
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