SPEECH STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN THERESA MAY’S FIRST SPEECH AS PRIME-MINISTER

Abstract

The seventy-sixth British Prime Minister and the second female Prime Minister in British history, Theresa May is a brilliant speaker who knows how to hold an audience’s attention. In her first speech as prime minister, the politician uses a variety of strategies and tactics that reflect activities that aim to create a picture of the world to her advantage by means of speech operations.