From Personalization to Parrhesia: A Multimodal Analysis of Autobiographical Recalls in Barack Obama’s Political Speech - Conflict and Multimodal Communication: Social Research and Machine Intelligence - page 358

Table 17.5 Score 4. Ghana

v.Ds. In many places the hope of my father's generation

gave way to cynicism, even despair

It is easy to point fingers and to pin the
blame for these problems on others

But the West is not responsible for the
destruction of the Zimbabwean economy
over the last decade or wars in which
children are enlisted as combatants

p.i. Ds. Ascending then descending. Peak of intensity at

cynicism and despair

Ascending and descending. Peak of
duration at blame

Ascending and descending

S I It's a sad story I'm turning to and stating an important

concept

I'm sure of what I'm saying

II His personal story reflects the story of a people; you

should be aware of this

It's necessary to understand who is
responsible because it's easy to blame
others

The responsibility is not the West's

TS I Imo IMM IMM

II Imo Imo Imo

F I Additional Additional Additional

II Additional Additional Additional

GDs His hands are open and turned towards each other

then, still open, are turned to Obama himself and
moved back and forth, and at the word 'despair' only
his left hand moves in the same way

He raises his right hand and moves it up
and down in the direction of the audience
to the right, then brings his thumb and
index finger together, making the same
gesture

He moves his left hand upwards slightly
with palm open

Ts Iconic—Batonlike Symbolic (reprimanding gesture) Symbolic

S I I want to show you my father's mood You must learn to take on responsibilities I'm saying obvious but very important

things

II It's right that you should be aware of this I want your full attention because you

must know your history

This is your history

TS I IMM IMM IMM

II IMM IMM Imo

F I Additional Additional Additional