Fascinating read from Politico about Donald's speech and linguistic patterns, and how his manner of talking often resembles a woman's. The article also mentions a political psychologist who has indexed 35 political candidates over the last 10 years by how "masculine" or "feminine" their speech is. (In case you were wondering, Trump is the most feminine-speaking candidate, and Jim Webb—remember him?—is the most masculine-speaking candidate.)
Here are the features that the author mentions give Trump more feminine speech. She also notes that this analysis is not what Trump talks about, it's how he says it.
- Heavier use of the pronoun "I" rather than "we."
- More frequent use of emotion-laden descriptive words, such as "phenomenal," "disgusting," "beautiful," "despise."
- Less frequent use of long words in speech and writing.
Here's the Politico article: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/trump-feminine-speaking-style-214391
And here's a short but effective rebuttal from Vox: http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/10/27/13437050/donald-trump-linguistics-politico-female
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