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Role of Pre-Election Public Addresses by US First Lady in Presidential Image Making and Influencing Electorate

Liberal Arts in Russia. 2013. Vol. 2. No. 1. Pp. 76-86.
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Chikileva L. S.
Financial University under the RF Government
23 Oleko Dunditch Street, 123995, Moscow, Russia
Email: mila-chikileva@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article deals with the role of public addresses delivered by the US first lady Michelle Obama in forming the presidential image. Special attention is paid to communicative strategies, stylistic and lexico-grammatical means used in public addresses for influencing the electorate. It is shown that both Obama and his spouse’s speeches play an important role in the electorate consciousness manipulation in the USA.

Keywords

  • • public address
  • • communicative intention
  • • national mentality
  • • American dream
  • • electorate expectations
  • • common values

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