A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S SPEECH ON OSAMA BINLADEN'S DEATH

Abstract

This article analyzes the speech by the President of the United States, Barack Obama on the death of Osama Bin Laden on May 1 st, 2011 from critical discourse analysis viewpoints in order to find out the ideology embedded in the discourse, and uncovere the relationship between language and power. As a president and a commander-in-chief, when giving this announcement, President Obama remarked the huge achievement in the fight against terrorism and asserted that the Americans would never forget their loss on September 11 th and forever hand in hand do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on their shores.