The Modal Verbs : A Speech Act of Request in the Speech of the President of the United States Barak Obama (original) (raw)

Speech is a power in itself. The most significant thing in the speech is the message that the speaker wants to convey. When the hearer understands the function of the message he will responds or behaves positively. Language and politics are fully related, language is a tool by which the politicians can command, request, persuade and declare...etc. This paper is concerned with speech act of request in the speech of Barak Obama president of the USA, Remarks by the President at the U.S./China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, delivered at the Ronald Reagan Building and International trade Center Washington, Dec on July 27, 2009. The specified speech is available at 0TUhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remaks-president-uschina-strategicand-economic-dialogue.InU0T. In this study the Searle’s speech act theory will be adopted to analyze the speech act which occurred in the speech, modal verbs “Can”, “Will”, and “Must” will be selected to analyze as a tool used by the speaker to re...

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