Analysis of Obama's Speech from the Perspectives of Systemic Functional

Textual Function refers to that how people organize information when using languages, it consists of three elements: Thematic Structure, Information Structure and Cohesion. Interpersonal Function is a language function that helps to establish, maintain and confirm interpersonal relationships through mood, modality and person. These two functions together with Ideational Function are named as three functions in Systemic Functional Grammar. The paper aims to discuss Thematic Structure and Pattern of Thematic Progression, Cohesion and Person in The Audacity of Hope in order to briefly analyze that how the text develops and also how the speech becomes a huge success.