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Experts: Trump's Speaking Style "Raises Questions About His Brain Health" | Vanity Fair - 0 views

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    From the start of Trump's presidency, you would be able to notice when Trump started to speak without notes from a teleprompter. He would say start to talk about chocolate cake, while U.S. missiles were going down on Syria, or when he implied the Frederick Douglass was still alive. Going off script, it shows the sophistication that Trumps has is about the same as a 7-year-old. Psychologist, psychiatrists, and other experts in cognitive assessment and neurolinguistics all observed Trumps speaking when he was a reality TV show host to now and have conclude that "there had been a deterioration" in Trump's brain.
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This linguist studied the way Trump speaks for two years. Here's what she found. - The ... - 0 views

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    Jennifer Sclafani, an associate teaching professor in Georgetown University's Department of Linguistics, has been studying the way Trump speaks. She notes that the way Trump speaks, he speaks was a commoner rather than a president, who is usually someone that sounds more educated, and more refined than an average American. She has noticed that through hyperboles and directness from his words, he creates a feeling of strength and determination that he can get the job done. Trump also omits the word "well" which makes him come across as a straight talker and not someone that tries to escape a question.
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What Language Experts Find So Strange About Donald Trump - ThinkProgress - 0 views

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    In this article, it talks about Trumps language compared to past political officials. In analyzing Trumps language, linguists from University of Pennsylvania saw that one of Trumps thirteen used used words were often one and two syllabled words, with the exception of Mexico being three syllabled. Linguists were analyzing Trumps way of answering questions, and saw that he diverts this answer is a much different way than other politicians. Most politician, when diverting their answer from the question would start with "well", "now", and "what". But, Trump would usually start with the word "I". In public speakings, politicians would used stories to put a personal connection on answering questions, but with Trump his stories often start out of nowhere.
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We need to talk about Trump's choice of words in a tragedy | British GQ - 1 views

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    In the article, Stuart McGurk talks about how in Trump's tweets, the words that be used that is usually used in the empathic way, does not communicate Trump's actual feelings. In the article, it is stated that Trump used the word sorry in 72 tweets, but never actually used in the ways were someone would feel sorrow for something. Instead, for example, he used it in a way were if Obama said sorry, he would have more respect for him. See how he was able to use a sympathetic word but not in the way that he is feeling sorry. Also, in certain circumstances, the wording that Trump uses is not appropriate. For example, in light of the Las Vegas shooting, Trump tweeted, "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting." No one would use the phrase "Warmest Condolences" in this situation.
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