Trump Speaking Style Still Flummoxes Linguists

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2017/04/26/trump-speaking-style-still-flummoxes-linguists/

"SNIP............


Associated Press: “Trump’s trademark talk is full of rambling, 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.”

Said historian Kristen Kobes Du Mez: “This kind of pushes the limits of linguistic analysis.”


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[uponit7771]

1. Or they can simply call him the dumb ass that he is?

[world wide wally]

5. This pretty much sums it up perfectly

The perfect con man.
Stupid
Liar
And
without conscience.

[applegrove]

2. The answer is that he is not a language based person, he is a form based one. Language is his

second 'language'. He would be much better off doing interpretive dance.

[DFW]

3. Quite clever, really

Since he rarely says anything coherent, no one can quote him and point to anything concrete. Put ANYTHING he says into English and he can plausibly deny he ever said it (because if it's in coherent English, then you can be sure that he really didn't say it!).

[LOL Lib]

4. His speech is derived from carney talk.

That's where he belongs imo. He's a carnival barking scam artist.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. A new dialect -- Idiocratic. nt

[ecstatic]

7. +1000. nt