Overview

From an abundance of intensifiers to frequent repetition and parallelisms, Donald Trump’s idiolect is highly distinctive from that of other politicians and previous Presidents of the United States. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, this book identifies the characteristic features of Trump’s language and argues that his speech style, often sensationalized by the media, differs from the usual political rhetoric on more levels than is immediately apparent. Chapters examine Trump’s tweets, inaugural address, political speeches, interviews, and presidential debates, revealing populist language traits that establish his idiolect as a direct reflection of changing social and political norms. The authors scrutinize Trump’s conspicuous use of nicknames, the definite article, and conceptual metaphors as strategies of othering and antagonising his opponents. They further shed light on Trump’s fake news agenda and his mutation of the conventional political apology which are strategically implemented for a political purpose. Drawing on methods from corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, and critical discourse analysis, this book provides a multifaceted investigation of Trump’s language use and addresses essential questions about Trump as a political phenomenon.

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Author:   Dr Ulrike Schneider (University of Mainz, Germany) ,  Dr Matthias Eitelmann (University of Mainz, Germany)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781350115514

ISBN 10:   1350115517
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 October 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: From Fake News to Tremendous Success, Matthias Eitelmann and Ulrike Schneider Part I: Rhetoric & Repetition 2. It’s Just Words, Folks. It’s Just Words: Donald Trump’s Distinctive Linguistic Style, Jesse Egbert and Douglas Biber 3. I Know Words, I have the Best Words: Repetitions, Parallelisms, and Matters of (In)Coherence, Kristina Nilsson Björkenstam and Gintare Grigonyte 4. A Man who was Just an Incredible Man, an Incredible Man: Age Factors and Coherence in Donald Trump’s Spontaneous Speech, Patricia Ronan and Gerold Schneider Part II: Evaluation & Emotion 5. Very Emotional, Totally Conservative, and Somewhat All over the Place: An Analysis of Intensifiers in Donald Trump’s Speech, Ulrike Stange 6. Crooked Hillary, Lyin’ Ted, and Failing New York Times: Nicknames in Donald Trump’s Tweets, Jukka Tyrkkö and Irina Frisk 7. I’m Doing Great with the Hispanics. Nobody Knows it: The Distancing Effect of Donald Trump’s the-Plurals, Ulrike Schneider and Kristene K. McClure Part III: Discourse & Metaphor 8. Either we WIN this Election, or we are Going to LOSE this Country!: Trump’s WARLIKE COMPETITION Metaphor, Anthony Koth 9. Silence and Denial Trump’s Discourse on the Environment, Marta Degani and Alexander Onysko 10. Donald Trump’s “Fake News” Agenda: A Pragmatic Account of Rhetorical Delegitimization, Christoph Schubert 11. Sorry Not Sorry: Political Apology in the Age of Trump, Jan David Hauck and Teruko Vida Mitsuhara Part IV: Conclusion 12. Great Movement vs. Crooked Opponents: Is Donald Trump’s Language Populist?, Ulrike Schneider and Matthias Eitelmann List of Contributors Index

Reviews

The papers in this thought-provoking volume explore Donald Trump's distinctive use of language from the perspectives of discourse and corpus studies. They reveal just how marked Trump's language is and suggest potential strategies underpinning it. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in political language or Trump's presidency. * Susan Hunston, Professor of English Language, University of Birmingham, UK * This intriguing collection of investigations into President Trump's language addresses popular (mis-)conceptions about his speech style by exploiting a wide variety of linguistics approaches from corpus linguistics to close reading. It discusses to what extent his idiolect links to political developments of the 21st century. All contributions proceed from media claims about Trump's language with the aim of testing whether these claims withstand vigorous linguistic testing. * Alan Scott Partington, Professor of Linguistics, University of Bologna at Forli, Italy *

Author Information

Ulrike Schneider is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Mainz, Germany. Matthias Eitelmann is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Mainz, Germany.

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