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of Some Linguistic Features of Barack Obama’s English 
Speeches”. 
1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 
1.2.1. Aims 
 
This study aims at analyzing the stylistic features of Barack 
Obama’s English speeches (ESs) in order to help Vietnamese learners 
of English understand and grasp the distinctive characteristics of this 
kind of language.
1.2.2. Objectives 
The objectives of the study are to: 
- Investigate and find out some stylistic features of Barack’s 
Obama speeches in terms of repetition, metaphor and euphemism. 
- Suggest some implications for teachers and learners of 
English, especially for who wishes to write speeches effectively. 
1.3. SCOPE OF THE STUDY 
This thesis focuses on some commonly used stylistic devices 
namely repetition, metaphor and euphemism through 50 speeches of 
Obama which were randomly chosen on the internet.
1.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 
To fulfill the objectives mentioned above, the study tries to 
seek the information for the following questions: 
- What are the stylistic features of Barack Obama’s English 
speeches? 
- What are some suggestions for teaching and learning 
English as well as writing speeches, especially political speeches? 
1.5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 
One of the most important roles of public speaking is to 
communicate with people, influence them and persuade them to 
accept the speaker’s way of thinking. Also public speaking is one of 

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the most efficient ways to show one’s personality, charm, knowledge, 
wisdom. It can reconstruct, define and change the society.
To some extent, the research is expected to be a valuable 
contribution to the teaching and learning of English Stylistics in 
general and of stylistic devices in political speeches in particular. The 
findings of the research will help Vietnamese learners aware and 
achieve the beauty of using language in political speeches. I also 
hope that this research will provide the learner with precious 
experience of how to write and understand a speech. Therefore, my 
thesis “A Study of some linguistic features of Barack Obama’s