Abstract

Politicians and religious figures usually rely heavily on their linguistic abilities to persuade their audience with their allegations because only through language can they shape their audience thoughts. Since adjectives play an important role in enriching the text, the current study is an attempt to explore their usage in selected political and religious speeches. It tackles three main aspects: first, whether the adjectives occupy attributive or predicative position. Second, whether they describe concrete or abstract nouns. Third, whether comparative or superlative degrees are used or not. The first speech was delivered by the American president John F. Kennedy in Rice stadium on September 12, 1962. The second speech was delivered by an eminent religious American figure, Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, at the closing banquet of the world Journalism Institute in Asheville on August 20,1999.

The article was added to IASJ on 2017-11-09

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