Even if you close your eyes, you'll still hear Donald Trump sniffing. Linguists might call [these visuals] paralinguistics, every form of information including facial gestures and facial features. Obviously these things get scrutinized in tremendous detail, so that a cough can be of outsized importance. [But] that's all part of the package.
Hillary Clinton has been portrayed as robotic, someone who is trying to approximate real human emotion. - Ben Zimmer
Hillary Clinton has been portrayed as robotic, someone who is trying to approximate real human emotion.
- Ben Zimmer
Even if you close your eyes, you'll still hear Donald Trump sniffing. Linguists might call [these visuals] paralinguistics, every form of information… - Ben Zimmer
Even if you close your eyes, you'll still hear Donald Trump sniffing. Linguists might call [these visuals] paralinguistics, every form of information…
Donald Trump himself has an idiosyncratic speaking style that relies on simple words and phrases, which worked for him in the primaries but may be co… - Ben Zimmer
Donald Trump himself has an idiosyncratic speaking style that relies on simple words and phrases, which worked for him in the primaries but may be co…
Even though a definite article is supposed to bring something into focus, Donald Trump uses it in a very general way. It's seen by many observers as … - Ben Zimmer
Even though a definite article is supposed to bring something into focus, Donald Trump uses it in a very general way. It's seen by many observers as …
Sometimes people are primed to hear in a certain way. When a word like braggadocious suddenly appears, it's like, 'What, is he just making that up?' - Ben Zimmer
Sometimes people are primed to hear in a certain way. When a word like braggadocious suddenly appears, it's like, 'What, is he just making that up?'
Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn't seem to follow a trajectory. - Ben Zimmer
Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn't seem to follow a trajectory.
When words come out of politician's mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out … - Ben Zimmer
When words come out of politician's mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out …
Weaponization of a candidate's words against him or her is something we're seeing a lot. The term Obamacare was used against Obama in a pejorative wa… - Ben Zimmer
Weaponization of a candidate's words against him or her is something we're seeing a lot. The term Obamacare was used against Obama in a pejorative wa…
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