A research area in a PhD in Speech Writing

I am contemplating doing a PhD in Applied Linguistics and my research area is in speech writing. I am thinking about researching on the linguistics features of inspiring speeches. or what linguistic features to make a speech inspiring.

is it a feasible research area? I badly need some advice on my research topic. Please help.

Christine Liu

Well, the thing to do is look for articles about this topic. Find every article you can about this topic, and read them. Some of those articles even suggest that further research should be done in one way or another, and it can give you ideas for your research.

Lots of studies like the one you suggest have already been done, so it is great if you can find a particular theme; for example, applied linguistics in speeches from 2009. You can narrow it in an interesting way, such as focusing on military speeches or political speeches, etc. As you read studies that are similar to the one you propose, you will get good ideas.