Abstract
The purpose of the study is to describe and analyze Hillary’s Presidential Concession Speech made on November 9th, 2016 with a view to know how Hillary construed attitudial meanings in the speech. The framework used for data analysis is the Appraisal theory of Martin and White (2005). The study only focuses on Attitude which is one of the three subsystems within Appraisal Theory. The results show that Hillary made use of different kinds of attitudial meanings in the speech: Affect, Judgement and Appreciation in order to achieve her aim of connecting effectively with her audience.
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