Linguistic Inquiries into Donald Trump's Language - by Ulrike Schneider & Matthias Eitelmann (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"From short paratactic sentences to frequent repetition and parallelisms, Donald Trump's idiolect is highly distinctive from that of previous Presidents of the USA. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, this book identifies the characteristic features of Trump's language and argues that his speech style, often underestimated by the media, is strategically implemented as a persuasive device. The chapters examine Trump's tweets, inaugural address, political speeches, interviews, presidential debates and reality TV appearances, revealing populist language traits that establish his idiolect as a direct reflection of changing social and political norms. Also scrutinised is Trump's deviant use of nicknames, the definite article and conceptual metaphors as strategies of othering and antagonising his opponents, which is tailored to a specific political purpose. Drawing on techniques from corpus linguistics, multimodality 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"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. <br/> <br/> 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. <br/> <br/> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Ulrike Schneider</b> is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Mainz, Germany.<b> <p/> Matthias Eitelmann</b> is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Mainz, Germany.</p>
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