Talking Donald Trump: A Sociolinguistic Study of Style, Metadiscourse, and Political Identity

ISBN-13: 9781138244504 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 128 str.

Jennifer Sclafani

Opis

This book examines the language of and surrounding Donald Trump's Presidential campaign from the perspective of sociocultural linguistics. Drawing from speeches, debates, and interviews, as well as media coverage and public reactions to his language, Sclafani reveals how Trump's language has produced such polarized reactions among the electorate. In analysing the linguistic construction of Donald Trump's political identity, this incisive study sheds light on the discursive construction of political identity and the multiple conflicting language ideologies associated with the discourse of leadership in contemporary US society.

O autorze

Jennifer Sclafani is Associate Teaching Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA. She has also been on the faculty at Hellenic American University in Athens, Greece, since 2009.