scholarly journals Characteristics of language personality of the US president Donald Trump

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 170-178
Author(s):  
Olena Ilienko ◽  
◽  
Liudmyla Shumeiko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Emotional Meaning ◽  
Basic Concepts

The article analyzes the linguistic personality of President Donald Trump, taking into account this status in political discourse. The president, as an elected representative of power, acts primarily in certain communication genres, and the content of his speeches, statements, appeals reflects both the policy of the state in general in a certain period of time, and specific political intentions. Thus, even within the limits of the regulated political discourse in modern conditions of communication individual features of the person as the president of the country are seen. The article analyzes Trump’s speeches and tweets in terms of their lexical, syntactic, and epideictic content, highlights the key words that denote the basic concepts of President Trump’s activities and serve as a means of rhetorical influence. The article presents and analyses the key words in Trump’s speeches. They are as follows: America, Americans, democracy, success, president, to defend, hounorable, responsibility, to promise, which, in general, help to form the image of the President who is ready to take responsibility for the democratic values of Americans. The traditional topics of the President’s speeches are finance, war and peace, protection of the country, its food and legislation. Syntactically, Trump’s speeches and statements are characterized by the use of simple, short sentences, in the content of which there is the use of simple, unambiguous nouns with the strong emotional meaning – fear, pride, crisis, dream, success. As a means of rhetorical influence, Trump places the most meaningful positions of his speeches at the end of sentences with logical emphasis on them. A lot of points in Trump’s speeches are the expressions of gratitude, jokes, references, and other means of establishing the connection with the audience and expressing hi own personal position. A feature of the linguistic personality in modern communication is the use of social networks, where there may be some deviations from the formalized institutional political discourse in terms of grammar and style, and this fact as clearly as possible also characterizes Trump’s language personality. For political discourse, especially in the country with the democratic values, the reaction of the society, feedback from the people of a government official’s activities is important, and social networks can fully provide the people’s immediate response to the President’s activity, so the communication can be full, not one-sided.

scholarly journals Populism in the United States: Binary Constructions by Donald Trump in the Domestic and Foreign Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nadeem Mirza ◽  
Lubna Abid Ali ◽  
Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
The United States ◽  
Andrew Jackson ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
White House ◽  
Us History ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Foreign Policies

This study intends to explore the rise of Donald Trump to the White House. Why was Donald Trump considered a populist leader, and how did his populist rhetoric and actions impact the contours of American domestic and foreign policies? The study adopted qualitative exploratory and explanatory research techniques. Specific methods utilised to conduct the study remained political personality profiling. It finds that the populist leaders construct the binaries in the society by dividing the nation into two groups: �us� the people, against �them� the corrupt elite or other groups presented as a threat to the lives and livelihood of the nation. Though populism as a unique brand of politics remained active through most of the US history, yet these were only two occasions that populists were successful in winning the American presidential elections � Andrew Jackson in 1828 and Donald Trump in 2016. Structural and historical reasons became the biggest cause behind the election of Donald Trump, who successfully brought a revolution in American domestic and foreign policies. And if structural issues in the United States are not addressed, there is a clear chance that Trump � who is not withering away � will come back to contest and challenge any competitors in the 2024 presidential elections.

scholarly journals How Simple Messages Affect Voters' Knowledge and Their Perceptions of Politicians - Evidence From a Large-Scale Survey Experiment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bischof ◽  
Roman Senninger
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
The People ◽  
Simple Language ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
New Generation

Public discourse is increasingly concerned with the way that politicians communicate. This is fuelled by a new generation of politicians, such as Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and representatives of populist parties, who evidently communicate less sophisticated than mainstream politicians. However, the question of whether and how linguistic styles affect citizens is largely unexplored. We argue that both citizens and politicians might benefit from simple political communication. First, mechanically, citizens should have a better chance to understand political positions if political discourse is less sophisticated. Second, linguistic simplicity can function as a heuristic for citizens by signaling that politicians are among the "people" instead of being part of the "elites". We test our arguments using a pre-registered three-wave vignette survey experiment in Germany (N = 5,800). Our findings show that simple messages (as compared to sophisticated messages) indeed increase citizens' comprehension of political positions. Moreover, we find that citizens use language sophistication as a heuristic to fill informational gaps about politicians. Politicians who communicate less sophisticated are perceived to have rather modest socioeconomic backgrounds. As a result, the use of simple language can benefit politicians' claims to belong to the people instead of the elite. Our findings add important new insights to our understanding of the effects of political communication in contemporary democracies.

LINGVO STYLISTIC FEATURES OF TRANSLATION OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN THE UNITED STATES (BASED ON SPEECHES BY B. OBAMA AND D. TRUMP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (31) ◽  
pp. 278-293
Author(s):  
Khristina Mykhailichenko
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Linguistic Unit ◽  
The Us ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
The One ◽  
Linguistic Units

The actuality of this research is the comparative analysis of political discourse translation of Donald Trump and Barack Obama from the point of view of the application of linguistic and stylistic features of the translation political speeches of both presidents. Political discourse is a phenomenon that we face every day. Taking into account the realities of our time, the wide spread of democracy, the openness of society, more and more attention is paid to the political language. The study of translations of the speeches of the US presidents allows, on the one hand, to predict further actions and intentions of a politician, and on the other, to highlight the most effective ways of influencing the audience. That is why the translation of political speeches is increasingly becoming an object of interest for scholars in various fields, especially in translation studies. The purpose of the proposed article is to identify the linguistic and stylistic features of the reproduction of US political discourse on the material of the speeches of the last two presidents of this country — Obama and Trump. The thematic, cultural and linguistic peculiarities of translation of the inaugural speeches of D. Trump and B. Obama are investigated. A comparative analysis of the linguistic units used by both presidents and their Ukrainian translations revealed that the preservation of the content during translation is possible due to the restoration of all relevant components of the utterance, and the translation of lexical units, including the evaluative component, is carried out in most cases with the help of regular correspondences. It is proved that during translating political speeches, linguo-stylistic features are actualized by combining regular correspondences and various transformations, which make it possible to preserve or modify the variant characteristics of a particular linguistic unit.

Russia will opt for caution while Trump settles in

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Desire To Change

Subject Moscow's evolving response to Donald Trump's election win. Significance Incoming US President Donald Trump has made clear his desire to change policy on Russia in both style and substance. However, the relationship is constrained on both sides by domestic political factors and conflicting national interests. Satisfaction in Moscow at Trump's victory and Hillary Clinton's defeat is tempered by sober calculations about whether expressions of goodwill will translate into positive shifts in a troubled relationship. Impacts Political discourse in Russia must adapt to the new reality of a US leader who says he wants dialogue. Moscow will refrain from hasty, potentially provocative moves during the US transition. Fears about US intentions may push Ukraine and NATO's eastern members to harden military postures against Russia.

Reflection of culture in American political discourse

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. Gerasimenko ◽  
A. S. Rydchenko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
The People ◽  
Political Speeches

The article examines certain phenomena, concepts, objects that are inherent in the cultures of different peoples, they are associated with clear historical, geographical, socio-political and other conditions of their existence. The authors analyzed the pre-election, inaugural and post-election types of political speeches of Donald Trump and Barack Obama and described the features of the manifestation of cultural values in the speeches of these politicians. An analysis of the material shows that the speeches of political figures directly reflect the cultural values of the people.

Palestine Unbound

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-134
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Task Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
The Us ◽  
Intention To Move ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
The U.S

This section, updated regularly on the blog Palestine Square, covers popular conversations related to the Palestinians and the Arab-Israeli conflict during the quarter 16 November 2017 to 15 February 2018: #JerusalemIstheCapitalofPalestine went viral after U.S. president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced his intention to move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv. The arrest of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi for slapping an Israeli soldier also prompted a viral campaign under the hashtag #FreeAhed. A smaller campaign protested the exclusion of Palestinian human rights from the agenda of the annual Creating Change conference organized by the US-based National LGBTQ Task Force in Washington. And, UNRWA publicized its emergency funding appeal, following the decision of the United States to slash funding to the organization, with the hashtag #DignityIsPriceless.

Hutton’s Childhood

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Whyman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
The People

A newly discovered autobiographical manuscript is used to reconstruct Hutton’s early life in Derby and Nottingham. Of the data in his ‘Memorandums from Memory all Trifles and, of Ancient Date’, 70 per cent was not included in his published Life. This chapter analyses the people, places, and subjects found in this manuscript. Hutton’s earliest memories reveal his hardships as a child labourer in a Derby silk mill and an apprentice stockinger in Nottingham. We observe the strategies he used to find a pathway out of poverty, and the details of his self-education. The importance of family relationships, social networks, and urban marketplaces were common factors shared by entrepreneurs in the Industrial Revolution. How Hutton prepared to become a bookseller is also revealed.

The Crisis of the Ryukyus (1877–82)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Sze-lok Leung ◽  
Anthony Carty
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Independent State ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Historical Viewpoint

Okinawa is now considered as Japanese territory, without challenge from most world powers. However, this is debatable from a historical viewpoint. The Ryukyu Kingdom which dominated the islands was integrated into Japan in 1879. The transformation is seen by Wang Hui as a process of modernization. This chapter argues the issue from an international law perspective. It shows that Ryukyu was an independent State as demonstrated by the 1854 Ryukyu–US Treaty, although it sent regular tributes to China. The Japanese integration by coercion is not justifiable. The people of Ryukyu were willing to continue being a tributary State rather than part of Japan. Britain, as the greatest colonial power, did not object. China and the US attempted to intervene in this affair, but no treaty has so far been concluded. Therefore, the status of Ryukyu/Okinawa remains unresolved and may need to be revisited, while putting the history context into consideration.

scholarly journals Populism, Twitter, and COVID-19: Narrative, Fantasies, and Desires

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Laura Cervi ◽  
Fernando García ◽  
Carles Marín Lladó
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
The Core ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The People ◽  
Working People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Do So

During a global pandemic, the great impact of populist discourse on the construction of social reality is undeniable. This study analyzes the fantasmatic dimension of political discourse from Donald Trump’s and Jair Bolsonaro’s Twitter accounts between 1 March and 31 May. To do so, it applies a Clause-Based Semantic Text Analysis (CBSTA) methodology that categorizes speech in Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) triplets. The study findings show that in spite of the Coronavirus pandemic, the main beatific and horrific subjects remain the core populist signifiers: the people and the elite. While Bolsonaro’s narrative was predominantly beatific, centered on the government, Trump’s was mostly horrific, centered on the elite. Trump signified the pandemic as a subject and an enemy to be defeated, whereas Bolsonaro portrayed it as a circumstance. Finally, both leaders defined the people as working people, therefore their concerns about the pandemic were focused on the people’s ability to work.

Did Donald Trump Change the US Presidency?

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-117
Author(s):  
Umekawa Takeshi
Keyword(s):  
Donald Trump ◽  
The Us
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