The PNOY speaks : a rhetorical criticism of the selected speeches of President Benigno Aquino III using the Toulmin method
Date
4-2011
Degree
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts
College
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Dennis S. Aguinaldo
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Abstract
Public address is an important avenue for a political leader to gain public support. The arguments found in speeches are instruments that influence the public to give their support and trust to the political leader. This study attempts to look for patterns of argumentation by President Benigno ―Noynoy/PNoy‖ Aquino III in his selected speeches during the first seven months of his term as president of the Philippines. The study used the Toulmin Model of Argument to analyze the arguments found in each of the speech. The Toulmin Method describes an argument as a movement from the accepted data through a warrant to the claim. The study found out that 1) two patterns of argumentation (i.e. ―Walang maiiwan.‖ and his administration is better that the previous administration) were common in three out of six speeches; 2) He used the argument that the international community should support the Philippines in speeches delivered in an international setting; 3) He used substantive warrants in most of his speeches to establish the credibility of his arguments; and 4) There was a lack of use of secondary elements (i.e. backing, rebuttal, and qualifier) in his speeches.
Language
English
LC Subject
Presidents--Philippines--Inaugural addresses, Rhetorical criticism, Aquino, Benigno Simeon III
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Call Number
LG 993.5 2011 M3 B37
Recommended Citation
Basinillo, Valerie Mae A., "The PNOY speaks : a rhetorical criticism of the selected speeches of President Benigno Aquino III using the Toulmin method" (2011). Undergraduate Theses. 1821.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/1821
Document Type
Thesis