Thematic Analysis of the Speeches by Emma Watson at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's Presidential Campaign Speech

Yuanyuan Zhang

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Thematic Analysis of the Speeches by Emma Watson at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's Presidential Campaign Speech

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Thematic Analysis of the Speeches by Emma Watson at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's Presidential Campaign Speech
Thematic Analysis of the Speeches by Emma Watson at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's Presidential Campaign Speech
University of Hong Kong, Hongkong, 999077, China
Vol. 9, Issue 8, Pages: 229-232(2025)
Published：31 August 2025
DOI：10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250052.20250908
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Zhang Yuanyuan.Thematic Analysis of the Speeches by Emma Watson at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's Presidential Campaign Speech[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2025,09(08):229-232.
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Zhang Yuanyuan.Thematic Analysis of the Speeches by Emma Watson at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's Presidential Campaign Speech[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2025,09(08):229-232. DOI： 10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250052.20250908.

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Public speech has always been the focus of scholars' research. This essay based on Emma Watson's speech at the United Nations and Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign speech

takes Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics as the theoretical framework

and makes a comparative study of the language characteristics of the two speeches. By analyzing the discourse functions of the two speeches

the theme structure

the patterns of theme progression

and cohesion and coherence are used to explore and analyze the differences of linguistic features of the two speeches

help the audience understand the speaker's intention

and explore the reasons why the speech is moving.

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