Book review: talking Donald Trump: a sociolinguistic study of style, metadiscourse and political identity by Jennifer Sclafani

Hall, Jonny ORCID: 0000-0002-4268-3845 (2018) Book review: talking Donald Trump: a sociolinguistic study of style, metadiscourse and political identity by Jennifer Sclafani. LSE Review of Books (08 Jan 2018). Website.

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In Talking Donald Trump: A Sociolinguistic Study of Style, Metadiscourse and Political Identity, Jennifer Sclafani offers a sociocultural linguistic analysis of the language utilised by Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, drawing on speeches, debates and interviews as well as popular reactions and parodies. While this is a useful starting point for scholars looking to understand the impact of Trump’s linguistic style, the limited scope of this short book leaves some of the deeper and pressing political questions posed by his use of discourse underexamined, finds Jonny Hall.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2018 15:53
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2024 07:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/88231

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