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<p> The article explores Barack Obama’s most notable speeches after becoming president. The authors intend to write a sequel to their 2009 paper Yes We Can: A New American Identity in the Speeches of Barack Obama, which looked at Obama’s campaign discourse, and investigate if his rhetoric has changed in the first half of his mandate.</p>
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The article explores Barack Obama’s most notable speeches after becoming president. The authors intend to write a sequel to their 2009 paper Yes We Can: A New American Identity in the Speeches of Barack Obama, which looked at Obama’s campaign discourse, and investigate if his rhetoric has changed in the first half of his mandate.

From Candidate to President: Obama’S Discourse Two Years Later

West University of Timişoara Faculty of Sociology and Psychology

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The article explores Barack Obama’s most notable speeches after becoming president. The authors intend to write a sequel to their 2009 paper Yes We Can: A New...

From Candidate to President: Obama’S Discourse Two Years Later

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0001-3

Keywords
American Dream, core values, political discourse, rhetoric

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

From Candidate to President: Obama’S Discourse Two Years Later

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0001-3

KeywordsAmerican Dream, core values, political discourse, rhetoric

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
American Dream, core values, political discourse, rhetoric