Innovation in Language Learning

 In general, rhythm is defined as a movement in a regular sequence with strong or weak vocal tones. One of the most significant components of a political speaker's delivery is the employment of rhythmical and musical patterns in order to capture the audience's compassion and sympathy on the one hand, while also persuading them of the content of his speeches on the other. The purpose of this work is to identify the rhythmical patterns and types of stress–unstressed arrangements in three Joe Biden’s speeches. Biden's speeches are found to follow no set pattern or iambic style, but he tries to give each theme its own pattern. In each theme, the quantity of meters or feet is basic. Roach’s Model(2002 is followed in the analysis of Biden’s speeches .One of the main conclusions of this paper is that for each theme a number of feet is used by  Biden as a strategy in all his speeches.

keywords rhythm, connected speech, stress,  political speech, Joe- Biden

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