A Stylistic Analysis of Foregrounding in Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba’s Public Speeches
Abstract
The present study attempts to analyse the rhetorical devices, personal pronouns (subjective) and
the sentence types (according to functions) which Lumumba has used as stylistic devices to
foreground his work. The analysis is done using the SFL idea of metafunction of language
particularly experiential and interpersonal metafunctions. The rhetorical devices are analysed
using the experiential metafunction whereas the objective functional pronouns and sentence types
analysis is carried out using the interpersonal metafunction.This study aims to pinpoint how the
linguistic features (subjective personal pronouns, rhetorical devices, and sentence types) helps
Lumumba to foreground his work.The study also intends to show how this linguistic feature
characterise Lumumba .The findings indicate that rhetorical devices,the subjective personal
pronouns and sentence types (according to functions )are used by Lumumba to foreground his
message to the audience .The rhetorical devices provoke the audience to think and memorise the
information relayed .The subjective personal pronoun ‘I’ is used to emphasis Lumumba’s authority
and good qualities i.e opinionated and confident.The personal pronoun ‘we’ is used to involve
himself and sometimes exclude himself .Personal pronoun ‘you’ is used in reference to a specific
group when he wants to show a separation of one group from the other revealing his character trait
as responsible .The personal pronoun ‘they’ is used to exclude himself .These features helped him
to relay his message.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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