Strategies Used for Concealing Dominance and Power Difference in South Carolina Speech of Barack Obama

Abstract

This paper explores various discourse strategies used for concealing power difference and dominance in the speeches of the political leaders in general and of Barack Obama in special. Critical Discourse Analysis studies the texts exploring how a group or individual exercises power and dominance over weaker societies, groups, or individuals. This power and dominance becomes visible in the choice of words, types of sentences, topic, and tone etc. But an expert politician like Obama uses different strategies of lexis, syntax, and content for concealing his dominance and sharing his audience’s identity and interests