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Political discourse analysis is nowadays taking a privileged position. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the study of political discourse. This research tackles nonverbal communication in political discourse. It analyzes four international speeches of Barack Obama during his rule from 2009 to 2016; two speeches addressed to the Muslim world and two speeches to the non-Muslim world. The framework of the research is based on Pease & Pease's (2004) and Livingston & Livingston's (2004) analysis of nonverbal cues. The analysis of nonverbal cues encompasses positive aspects of body language like eye contact, palms up, waving hands, smiling and laughter. The results of the research reveal that Barack Obama is a skillful speaker who is able to use nonverbal cues to achieve rapport with different foreign audiences.
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