LANGUAGE AND HUMAN EMOTIONS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT OF U.S.A. BARACK OBAMA'S FAREWELL: "YES WE DID"

Abstract

The research paper shows the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of the speech delivers by the president of U.S.A. Barack Obama on his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, on January 10, 2017. Fairclough's (1995) notion of three dimensions serves as the theoretical foundation for this. These three dimensions are textual analysis, discursive analysis and social political analysis. It employs a qualitative approach. The excerpt is from a speech that Barack Obama arbitrarily uploaded to YouTube. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the authority within and underlying the speech's discourse. The speaker has persuaded the audience that he is on their side and has their hearts by using the pronouns "I" and "We." Based on the results, it may be said that the speaker's speech examined the power that underlies and exists inside conversation.