The Analysis of Churchill’s Speech Germany’s Invasion of Russia from the Perspective of Stylistics

Abstract

Speech is an important part of English stylistics, especially the speech delivered by politicians. They use many kinds of methods to convey their political purpose. In this thesis, the author selects Churchill’s speech at the moment when Hitler attacked and invaded Russia. In the speech, Churchill uses many kinds of rhetorical devices to illustrate the importance of the rhetorical devices to speech, which could make speech more powerful and attractive. KEYWORD: speech; rhetorical devices; stylistics International Conference on Social Science, Education Management and Sports Education (SSEMSE 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 1628 of lexicon, syntax and rhetoric devices. In this thesis, the author analyzes the political speech of Churchill in June, 1941—Germany’s Invasion of Russia from the perspective of stylistics.