Obama's representation of the American refusal to slavery : a pragmatic- discourse study

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The present study aims to make A Pragma-discourse study for Obama‟s speech : A more Perfect Union” by applying Toulmin model.

The application of Toulmin model enables the researcher to discover the ways Obama says his claims and how to support them.

The researcher has come up with some results and conclusions, most important of which, is that most of Obama‟s claims are value claims and some of them are policy based claims.

This result shows that Obama, as a former president of the United States, has his own point of view on racism and slavery.