Lady Gaga’s speech on Elle women award: Theme and stylistic levels
Abstract
This study aims at conducting a stylistic analysis in terms of theme or intention of one speech uttered by Lady Gaga at Elle Women Award and explicating four stylistic levels including graphology level, morphology level, lexical level, and syntax level deployed in its making. In an attempt to uncover the theme or picture of the speech, the writer employed content analysis for this study. The theme of the speech was revealed by analyzing the core content of the message of Gaga’s speech to determine the linguistic substance and semantic indication that directed to main message of the speech. The results of the analysis show that the stylistic levels play its important part in the effective use of words in speech delivery. Further, these elements also contribute well in delivering the speaker’s intention to the audience. This study recommends that the speaker must select the choice of words and structure they use in their speech before they deliver the speech to the audience.
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