pThis paper will compare and discuss linguistic devices used by Barack Obama and Joe Bidennbsp;br /in their inaugural speeches using discourse analysis. Barack Obama delivered his first speechnbsp;br /on January 21, 2009, and the second on the same day in 2013. Joe Biden held his inauguralnbsp;br /speech on January 20, 2021. The speeches were taken from the White House website. The papernbsp;br /highlights the authenticity that politicians Barack Obama and Joe Biden express in their publicnbsp;br /speeches and the characteristics that can be attributed to their expression. Their speeches relynbsp;br /on literal and figurative meanings. They are their tool to raise awareness, emphasize social,nbsp;br /economic, and cultural perspectives, and get closer to the audience and listeners./p
Mikuličić et al. (Thu,) studied this question.