The Discourse Structure of Miss Universe Thailand Contestants’ Impromptu Speeches
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An impromptu speech is a type of speech that shows the speaker's wit, knowledge, and experience related to various issues. This study aimed to analyze and compare the impromptu speech texts of selected and non-selected contestants of the Miss Universe Thailand competition in three aspects: (1) the discourse structure of impromptu speech, (2) the patterns of discourse use in impromptu speech texts, and (3) discourse relations within the impromptu speech texts. This study applies Longacre’s (1983) framework of Information Structure and Bamroongraks’ (1996) classification of discourse according to the purpose of communication to analyze 60 impromptu speech texts of Miss Universe Thailand contestants from 2020 to 2022. The findings revealed that the discourse structure of impromptu speech consisted of three parts: (1) introduction, (2) body, and (3) conclusion. Regarding the patterns of discourse, the most frequently used pattern in the impromptu speeches of selected contestants was expository discourseintroduction, expository discoursebody, hortatory discourse-expository discourseconclusion (E, E, H-E). In contrast, the most frequently used pattern in the speeches of non-selected contestants was expository discourseintroduction, expository discoursebody, expository discourseconclusion (E, E, E). However, expository discourse (E) was the most prevalent in all three sections—introduction, body, and conclusion—and no procedural discourse (P) was observed in the impromptu speech texts.
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