Argumentation and Its Prosodic Features in American Public Speaking
The article is devoted to the prosody of thesis and arguments in American public speeches. The prosodic features of pitch range and melody have proved to be the most significant. The author gives a brief outline of the key categories of persuasion in public speaking and describes the most vivid examples in the prosody of the speakers to attract the listeners' attention and to make the presentation be more emphatic and persuasive.