Trump's speaking style still flummoxes linguists (no, he is a demented moron)
(the anti-intellectualism of "dumb down the words" is irritating. Am I in a minority of wanting to hear coherent, logical, well-thought, well-spoken, INTELLIGENT speech from people? especially from the people supposedly in charge?)
Trump's speaking style still flummoxes linguists
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at Snap-On Tools in Kenosha, Wis. Trump garnered the attention of the masses, in part, because he sounded different than what the public had come to expect from politicians. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg School of Publication at the University of Pennsylvania, said Trump’s extemporaneous speech is best described as stream-of-consciousness, a big change from what we’re used to from those seeking _ and occupying _ the highest office in the land. Photo: Kiichiro Sato, AP / Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
NEW YORK (AP) — Campaign promises may have been reshaped and some self-imposed deadlines reset. But among the things kept intact in the opening months of the new administration is the unmistakably distinct style of President Donald Trump's speech. Trump's trademark talk is full of rambling, (incoherent) aside-filled bursts of simple but definitive words, laden with self-congratulatory bravado and claims that have fact-checkers working overtime, all dispatched from mind to lips in such record time it seemingly bypasses any internal filter. It has been a source of curiosity for language scholars and laymen alike, sparked anew by a recent Associated Press interview with Trump that has brought newfound opportunity for parsing a brand of presidential oratory not previously recorded.
"This kind of pushes the limits of linguistic analysis," said historian Kristen Kobes Du Mez.
A look at some features of Trump-speak:
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Trump garnered the attention of the masses, in part, because he sounded different from what the public had come to expect from politicians. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, said Trump's extemporaneous speech is best described as stream-of-consciousness, a big change from what we're used to from those seeking — and occupying — the highest office in the land.
"The public speech of the president in the past has been crafted speech, it has been considered speech. Presidents prepared before speeches, presidents prepared before press conferences, presidents had stock answers ready to give," she said.
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