Language in the Trump Era by Mendoza-Denton, Norma -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Coverpage Half title Title page Imprints page Dedication Contents Figures Tables Contributors Acknowledgments Note on Transcription Conventions Note on Ethnonyms and Phenotypic Descriptors Introduction: The Trump Era as a Linguistic Emergency

What Can a Language Studies Approach Contribute? Presidential Language: A Brief Comparative History On “Political Correctness” and Mutual Minorityhood Anxieties about Style: Classist Judgments or Cognitive Incompetence? Abrasive “Authenticity” Lies and Language Control The Loosening of Tongues: Profanity and Hate Speech Summary of Chapters, Possible Futures Notes References

Part I Dividing the American Public

1 Part I Introduction: “Ask the Gays”: How to Use Language to Fragment and Redefine the Public Sphere

1.1 Using “The” to Marginalize 1.2 The Making of a Battle Cry 1.3 Sanctioned Insensitivity References

2 The Significance of Trump’s Incoherence

2.1 Who Is Sidney Blumenthal? 2.2 From Speaking with Names to Living in Bubbles References

3 “Get ’Em Out!”: The Meaning of Ejecting Protesters

3.1 The Image of a Strong Leader and the Making of a Catchphrase 3.2 Diagramming Immigration Policy 3.3 We the People: A Metaphor for a New America 3.4 Conclusion Notes References

4 Crybabies and Snowflakes

4.1 Crybabies and Semiotic Callousing in Boot Camp 4.2 Interdiscursive Influence: From Boot Camp to Trumpist Triumphalism 4.3 Trumpist Insults as Social Action Notes References

Part II Performance and Falsehood

5 Part II Introduction: The Show Must Go On: Hyperbole and Falsehood in Trump’s Performance

5.1 A Super Stable Genius 5.2 Why Use Hyperbole? 5.3 Reactive Reversal References

6 Trump’s Comedic Gestures as Political Weapon

6.1 Introduction 6.2 Trump’s Gestures as Comedic Entertainment 6.3 Trump’s Gestures as Political Ideology 6.4 Trump’s Gestures as Political Weapon

6.4.1 The Wrist-Flailing Reporter

Excerpt 1 The Wrist-Flailing Reporter

6.4.2 The Food-Shoveling Governor

Excerpt 2 The Food-Shoveling Governor

6.4.3 The Border-Crossing Mexican 6.4.4 The Choking Presidential Candidate 6.4.5 The Wobbling Democratic Nominee

Excerpt 3 The Wobbling Democratic Nominee

6.5 Conclusion Notes References

7 45 as a Bullshit Artist: Straining for Charisma

7.1 The Speaker 7.2 The Text 7.3 The Audience 7.4 BS and Branded Despotism Note References

8 Plausible Deniability

8.1 “I hope you can let this go” 8.2 “On many sides, on many sides” 8.3 “I don’t see any reason why it would be” 8.4 Conclusion References

Part III The Interactive Making of the Trumpian World

9 Part III Introduction: Collusion: On Playing Along with the President

9.1 Politicians, the Press, and Collusion 9.2 Coaching the Performance of Solidarity 9.3 Colluding in Gendered Lies Note References

10 Banter, Male Bonding, and the Language of Donald Trump

Extract 10.1 “You can do anything” 10.1 What Is Banter, and What Is It For?

Extract 10.2 “I failed I’ll admit it”

10.2 Banter and Gossip 10.3 Male Banter, Solidarity, and Power 10.4 Banter, Authenticity, and the Trump “Brand” Notes References

11 On Social Routines and That Access Hollywood Bus

11.1 The Structure and Function of a Routine 11.2 Sucked into Trump’s Male Routine Notes References

12 “Cocked and Loaded”: Trump and the Gendered Discourse of National Security

12.1 Abstractions and Sexual Metaphors in Weapons Talk 12.2 Ideas about Gender as a Preemptive Deterrent 12.3 Presidents and the Gendered Discourse of National Security Notes References

13 Evaluator in Chief

13.1 Evaluation Themes in the Opening Comments: Establishing the Criteria 13.2 How to Get Love from Trump 13.3 Why Does This Interactive Pattern Matter? Note References

14 Fake Alignments

14.1 Talk Activities and Building Relationships 14.2 “Fake news from these people” 14.3 “I don’t like watching fake news” 14.4 “We try to be fair” 14.5 Conclusions Note References

Part IV Language, White Nationalism, and International Responses to Trump

15 Part IV Introduction: Language and Trump’s White Nationalist Strongman Politics

15.1 The Politics of Language Varieties 15.2 Mock Spanish and Covert Racism 15.3 Word Choice and Dehumanization 15.4 A Strongman and His Others, and International Responses References

16 “Perfect English” and White Supremacy

16.1 Raciolinguistic Exceptionalism 16.2 Raciolinguistic Exceptionalism, Whiteness, and Coloniality 16.3 Conclusion: Anzaldua, Language, and Race at the Border Note References

17 Making Our Nation Fear the Powerless

17.1 Metaphor Re-imagines Reality: Why the President’s Message is Persuasive 17.2 DT’s Guiding Metaphors

17.2.1 Nation as Border 17.2.2 Immigration as Flood 17.2.3 Mexico as Enemy 17.2.4 Immigrant as Criminal, Immigrant as Invader 17.2.5 Immigrant as Animal 17.2.6 White America as Victim 17.2.7 DT as Hero

17.3 Distorted Synecdoche: The President’s Shorthand for His Conceptual Metaphors 17.4 DT’s Supporters: Ardent, Yet Complacent Notes References

18 We Latin Americans Know a Messianic Autocrat When We See One

18.1 Narrating Masculinity in the Public Sphere 18.2 Trump and Other World Leaders: Crying, Control, and Masculinity 18.3 Trump, Enrique Peña Nieto, and Fox 18.4 Andrés Manuel López Obrador and His Dignified Masculine Posture: “Feo, Fuerte, y Formal” 18.5 Jair Bolsonaro: The Military Evangelical Homophobe 18.6 Conclusion: Kingdom Come References

19 Rejoinders from the Shithole

19.1 Trump, Race, and “Pollution” 19.2 Denial, Equivocation, and Projection: Trump’s “Color-Blind” Racism 19.3 Non-Racial Linguistic Clap-Backs: Southern African Media and Institutions Respond 19.4 Conclusion Note References

20 Muslim Enemies, Rich Arab Friends

20.1 Stance-taking 20.2 Ambiguous Alignment with Rich Arabs 20.3 Disaligning with Muslim Enemies 20.4 Tweeting Hard Power 20.5 Bots Tweeting Trump References

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