Political Language
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I just watched a video on youtube on how GOP front runner Donald Trump answers a question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI
and it was a good analysis so I thought I would share it here.
Yes it is interesting. Perhaps those organising "speakers classes" (do these exist?) in the SPGB ought to take note. Not too sure that the conclusions apply so readily to the written format though…
It reminds me of this story from 2012 about the test revealing Michelle Obama's speech which was the highest grade level in history and was contrasted with Ann Romney's which was at the lowest grade level in historyhttp://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2012/09/05/michelle-obamas-dnc-speech-wri/Does simpler language resonate more?
jondwhite wrote:It reminds me of this story from 2012 about the test revealing Michelle Obama's speech which was the highest grade level in history and was contrasted with Ann Romney's which was at the lowest grade level in historyhttp://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2012/09/05/michelle-obamas-dnc-speech-wri/Does simpler language resonate more?It seems to resonate more with the more dogmatically minded who are comfortable with vague and vacuous generalisations as in the case of Anne Romney. Not that that necessarily means we should forsake simpler language for more complex sentence constructions. Quite often the latter can camouflage muddleheadedness behind a screen of apparent profundity
I'm curious to know how Russel Brand's language compares with Trump's. Brand like Trump is a professional communicator one a salesman, the other a showman, and both roles overlap for both people.But is Trump receiving too much credit for resurrecting a tried and tested way of fooling the people…Reagan…he had all the homesy style of talking…and Carter had that Southern preacher approach.. FDR used the radio medium effectively for informal fireside chats. Here is another video de-constructing Trump's language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrqqQAfenUo
Sarah Palin weighs inhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/us/politics/sarah-palin-endorsement-speech-donald-trump.html
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