The Stylistic Analysis on Winston Churchill “Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R” 英语毕业论文.doc
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1、The Stylistic Analysis on Winston Churchill “Speech on Hitlers Invasion of the U.S.S.R” . Quick biography of Winston ChurchillWarrior and writer, genius and crank, rider in the British cavalrys last great charge and inventor of the tankSir Winston Spencer Churchill(1874-1965) led Britain to fight al
2、one against Nazi Germany in the fateful year of 1940 and set the standard for leading a democracy at war. He is the prime minister and first Lord of the Treasury (Oct.1951-April.1955) and his best known book is The Second World War.Written by Winston Churchill, Speech on Hitlers Invasion of the U.S.
3、S.R. is full of emotion, determination, powerful thoughts and impressive expressions. When thinking of Churchills attitude towards the Soviet Union one automatically thinks of him as the most outspoken of the advocates of armed intervention during the civil war, or as the author of the speech in Ful
4、ton, Missouri, which many people regard as the opening salvo in the Cold War. During the war, however, when the Soviet Union became a great ally without whose help the war in Europe could never have been won, his attitude was bound to be quite different. Even before the Germans launched Operation Ba
5、rbarossa thus forcing the Soviets into the Allied camp, Churchill had been thinking of the Russians as possible partners in the struggle against Nazi Germany, for however much he detested the Soviet regime, his passionate determination to destroy Nazism was a far more powerful emotion, and, as he pu
6、t it, if Hitler were to invade Hell he would promptly sign a pact with the Devil. The effect of Churchills speech common people subdue, At moment of the suffering the most seriously in World War II, the British army and the peoples spirit is supported, nearly all lecture by Churchills broadcast of e
7、very day of mound .The news that Hitlers invasion of Russia was brought to Churchill when he awoke on the morning of Sunday, the 22nd, June 1941. This changed conviction into certainty. Churchill asked that notice should immediately be given that he would broadcast at 9 oclock that night. The German
8、s had invaded Russia on an enormous front, had surprised a large portion of the Soviet Air Force grounded on the airfields, and seemed to be driving forward with great rapidity and violence. . Brief account of the essayThe goal of the speech was to arouse British peoples attention and win the cooper
9、ation of U.S.A. and Russia, so this speech is persuasive as its functional tenor is concerned; so far as its personal tenor is concerned, it is formal. This paper presents a stylistic analysis of Winston Churchills public speeches from the perspectives of their phonological features, lexical feature
10、s, syntactic features as well as semantic features. It points out how Churchills Oratorical art contributes to his success in public speeches. In order to find out the items of the stylistic significance of in this speech, this paper aims at analyzing it from one level of its language to another. At
11、 the phonological levelPhonology refers to speech sounds in a language. To make a public speech is to produce a work of verbal art. Every word is accented with certain effect in order to demonstrate the meaning and feeling behind the voice. Here, the main focus is put on pause, stress, and pitch.3.1
12、 PausePause refers to the brief interruption of the articulatory process between consecutive linguistic units. Pause can also be seen as a signal of ending a thought unit. In English, there are voiced pauses and silent pauses. In this speech, both kinds of pauses have been frequently used. For examp
13、le, The past,with its crimes,its follies,and its tragedies, flashes away.Here pause aims to arouse the audiences attention and demonstrate Churchills attitude towards Russia.We shall appealto all our friends and allies in every part of the world to take the same course and pursue it, as we shall fai
14、thfully and steadfastly to the endIn this part, Churchill first stated his policy and then asked all the people in the world to insist on the same policy and pursue it. The pause here is silent, which just embodies Churchills firm will and strong appeal. And as this speech is broadcasting, a right-t
15、imed pause can allow for a span of memory time.3.2StressStress refers to the prominence of sounds. It is the result of extra force used in pronouncing a particular word or syllable. The effect was realized by attaching much stress on producing the dip-thongs that conveyed Churchills firm will. E.g.N
16、o one has been a more consistent opponent of Communism than I have for the last twenty-five years. I will unsay no words that Ive spoken about it. But all this fades away before the spectacle which is now unfolding.The drawn-out syllables, especially the assonatedousound echoes the sense“no” and the
17、 theme of the speech.3.3PitchWhen we listen to people speaking, we can hear some sounds or group of sounds in their speech to be relatively higher or lower than others. The relative height of speech sounds as perceived by a listener is called “pitch”. For example,I have to make the declaration but,c
18、an you doubt what our policy will be?(The rising pitch indicates doubt and contrast.)We have but one aim and one single irrevocable purpose. (The fall-plus-rise pitch is used to emphasize the relativity of the two words and make them forceful and persuasive.). At the lexical levelLexis refers to the
19、 choice of words and expressions. Here we will focus on our attention on the use of connotative words, abstract nouns derived from verbs and first pronouns.4.1Use of connotative wordsConnotation often implies attitudes and emotions of the speaker, and is also called implicit meaning. In this speech,
20、 for example,It excels all forms of human wickedness in the efficiency of its cruelty and ferocious aggression.Process of destroying his enemies one by one by which he has so long thrived and prospered.“Efficiency”“thrived and prospered”here all have the negative connotation.4.2Use of abstract words
21、Abstract nouns derived from verbs often occur instead of these verbs, which raises the degree of formality and therefore suits the occasion (插入,P108文体学), such as the use of domination, declaration, divergence, slackening, determination, exertions, subjugation, etc., rather than dominate, declare, di
22、verge, slacken, determine, exert, and to subjugate.4.3Use of first person pronounsAs far as pronouns are concerned, the most frequently used pronouns in the speech are the first person pronouns, I, me, my, us, ours. Churchill stated his opinions and the plural form we/us includes both the speaker an
23、d the audience. In this way, the audience would feel intimate; therefore, it is easy to win the support of the audience.Table1: AccessibilityTotal number of hard wordsTotal number of wordsTotal number of sentencesAverage length of sentencesPercentage of hard words in total words809663726.18.3%Fog in
24、dex10.43Fog index=0.4(L+H)L=average sentence length in a passageH= Percentage of hard words in the passageIn the above table, we can find out that the percentage of hard words in the speech is approximately 8.3%, and the fog index is 10.43, more than 10-the average number of all varieties. So we can
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