Mitt Romney - Concession Speech

In this spoken dialogue, Mitt Romney who just lost the election for the President of the United States of America to Barack Obama, delivers his concession speech from Boston, Massachusetts on the 7th of November, 2012. The level of formality is conveyed through Romney's use of specific syntactic and prosodic features along with his political lexicon. Using these, he thanks all his supporters, congratulates the winner, Obama and expresses his view on America standpoint. 

Throughout Romney's speech he applies turn-taking with the audience, when he finishes a sentence he will wait for cheers and applause before moving on to his next topic. He uses intonation and emphasis when thanking the president and his family as well as his own family, supporters and campaigners to ensure the audience are aware how grateful he is simply for the opportunity of running for president. These prosodic features add to the formality of the speech. 

Romney frequently uses declarative sentences throughout his speech such as "I believe in America". Romney also uses frequent repetition of "thank you" to show the audience how grateful he is as well as the repetition of "we look to our..." to show how much as a nation America depends on each other and how they stand together, contribute to the speech's formal register. 

Mitt Romney has spoken a formal concession speech through the utilisation of prosodics, syntactical features and lexical choice. These features stressed his thanks to his nation and his hope that Obama will succeed in the role of President.