The hollow man Donald Trump, populism, and post-truth politics

被引:15
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作者
Lakoff, Robin Tolmach [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Linguist Emerita, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
Donald J. Trump; Hillary Clinton; 2016 US presidential election; truth; post-truth; truthiness; fake news;
D O I
10.1075/jlp.17022.lak
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Donald J. Trump's surprising victory in the 2016 American presidential election requires analysis: what brought it about, and what might it portend? This paper explores these and other questions: how have Trump's victory and his communicative strategies compromised the culture's notions of "truth" - via a continuum from "lie" through "post-truth," "truthiness," and " alternative facts" to "truth"? Is Trump - judging from his language and other communications - really a populist? And how are we to understand his many idiosyncrasies of discourse, as well as his supporters' unwillingness to worry about them?.
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页码:595 / 606
页数:12
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