4.2 Comparison of the Rhetorical Styles of George W. Bush and Barack Obama

CONTENTS
      1. Introduction 2
      2. Theoretical Part 4
              2 Discourse Analysis and Political Rhetoric 4
              2 Political Speeches 6

      3. Changes in the Threat to the United States 12
              3 New International Environment after the Cold War 12
              3 Significant Events in International Relations Representing the
                Threat to the United States 14

      4. Practical Part 20
              4 Corpus under Investigation and Methods of Analysis 20
      4 General Comparison of the Rhetorical Styles of George W. Bush

                and Barack Obama 22

                4 Basic parameters 22
                4 Analysis of keywords 28
      4 Significant Aspects in the Speeches of George W. Bush and Barack

Obama 34

                4 Rhetorical style of George W. Bush and the perception of threat 34
                    4 Bush's Inaugural Address 34
                    4 Bush's 9/11 Address 37
                    4 Bush's UN Address 39
                    4 Bush's State of the Union Address 42

                4 Rhetorical style of Barack Obama and the perception of threat 49
              5 Obama's Inaugural Address 49
              6 Obama's 9/11 Address 51
              7 Obama's UN Address 52
                    4 Obama's State of the Union Address 56
              4 Comparison of Threat Perception by George W. Bush and Barack

                Obama 59

                4 Threat perception in the speeches of George W. Bush 59
                4 Threat perception in the speeches of Barack Obama 62
                4 Common characteristics 64
                4 Different characteristics 65

      5. Conclusion 69
      6. Abstract 72
      7. References 73
      8. Appendices 75
A. Speeches of G. W. Bush 75
B. Speeches of Barack Obama 96
        1 Introduction

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