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Politicians use big words. Trump does not.
Trump’s favorite word, however, is “I.” His fourth-favorite word is “Trump.” Eight out of his 13 favorite words are one syllable, and the two syllable words are simple — “very,” “China,” and “money.” His only three-syllable favorite word is “Mexico.”
Trump can sound ‘incoherent.’
Word choice isn’t the only way Trump differs from his presidential candidate contemporaries. “The impression from people I talk to just casually is that he comes off as incoherent, that you can’t really grasp the core of what he’s saying,” she said. “A lot of that has to do with the way he opens his answers.”
In a debate setting, Sclafani observes that most politicians begin with what’s known as discourse markers — words like “well,” “now,” “what,” and “so.” According to Sclafani, Trump doesn’t often do that. Usually, she said, he starts his answers with “I.” But when Trump does want to divert his answers, however, Sclafani says that’s where he gets tripped up.
For example, in the first debate, he was asked to explain why he once supported a liberal, single-payer health care system. He responded: “First of all, I’d like to just go back to one. In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq, because it was going to destabilize the Middle East. And I’m the only one on this stage that knew that and had the vision to say it.”
Trump was trying to illustrate that he has had stances contrary to the Republican party before, and that they were correct. But at the time, Sclafani said it came off “totally incoherent,” because he combined the discourse marker “first of all” with a complete change of subject.
Trump is bad at storytelling.
Trump’s story begins out of nowhere: “Border Patrol. I was at the Border last week,” he says. There’s no orientation, no setting the scene. He then says, “The people that I deal with,” changing from past to present tense. He mentions no specific conversation, no specific person. He ends with, “and that’s what’s happening whether you like it or not,” totally removed from the narrative.
Big hands make a big man.
"People think of him as having a big personality, he’s all over the place,” Sclafani said. “Well, his fingers are also all over the place. He makes himself physically wider. Those gestures add to the perception of his character.”
Overall, when it comes to the political world, Trump’s language defies precedent. But for Sclafani, she thinks she may know where it all comes from.
“He’s turning political discourse into reality TV,” she said. “I’m sure if someone did a study on discourse structures of reality television shows, and compared it what he’s doing, there might be some overlap.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/09/15/3701215/donald-trump-talks-funny-2/
Trump for Prison 2016
Politicians use big words. Trump does not.
Trump’s favorite word, however, is “I.” His fourth-favorite word is “Trump.” Eight out of his 13 favorite words are one syllable, and the two syllable words are simple — “very,” “China,” and “money.” His only three-syllable favorite word is “Mexico.”
Trump can sound ‘incoherent.’
Word choice isn’t the only way Trump differs from his presidential candidate contemporaries. “The impression from people I talk to just casually is that he comes off as incoherent, that you can’t really grasp the core of what he’s saying,” she said. “A lot of that has to do with the way he opens his answers.”
In a debate setting, Sclafani observes that most politicians begin with what’s known as discourse markers — words like “well,” “now,” “what,” and “so.” According to Sclafani, Trump doesn’t often do that. Usually, she said, he starts his answers with “I.” But when Trump does want to divert his answers, however, Sclafani says that’s where he gets tripped up.
For example, in the first debate, he was asked to explain why he once supported a liberal, single-payer health care system. He responded: “First of all, I’d like to just go back to one. In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq, because it was going to destabilize the Middle East. And I’m the only one on this stage that knew that and had the vision to say it.”
Trump was trying to illustrate that he has had stances contrary to the Republican party before, and that they were correct. But at the time, Sclafani said it came off “totally incoherent,” because he combined the discourse marker “first of all” with a complete change of subject.
Trump is bad at storytelling.
Trump’s story begins out of nowhere: “Border Patrol. I was at the Border last week,” he says. There’s no orientation, no setting the scene. He then says, “The people that I deal with,” changing from past to present tense. He mentions no specific conversation, no specific person. He ends with, “and that’s what’s happening whether you like it or not,” totally removed from the narrative.
Big hands make a big man.
"People think of him as having a big personality, he’s all over the place,” Sclafani said. “Well, his fingers are also all over the place. He makes himself physically wider. Those gestures add to the perception of his character.”
Overall, when it comes to the political world, Trump’s language defies precedent. But for Sclafani, she thinks she may know where it all comes from.
“He’s turning political discourse into reality TV,” she said. “I’m sure if someone did a study on discourse structures of reality television shows, and compared it what he’s doing, there might be some overlap.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/09/15/3701215/donald-trump-talks-funny-2/
Trump for Prison 2016
