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Understanding Trump. [August, 2016] There is a lot being written and spoken about Trump by intelligent and articulate commentators whose insights I respect. But as a longtime researcher in cognitive science and linguistics, I bring a perspective from these sciences to an understanding of the Trump phenomenon.
Aug 18, 2016 · Lakoff, for his part, has an explanation for why Trump’s style of speaking is so appealing to many. Many of Trump’s most famous catchphrases are actually versions of time-tested speech ...
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May 11, 2024 · George Lakoff, a professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, says Trump often uses salesman tricks to frame a debate on his own terms. He knows how to use ...
Dec 1, 2016 · According to George Lakoff, a cognitive linguist and author of Don’t Think Of An Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate, the very fundamentals of journalism should be redefined in order to stave off normalizing Trump. Lakoff and Brooke discuss the unconscious effects that Trump’s language, image, and name have on the brain. Song:
Feb 18, 2017 · It's that the human psyche is predisposed to take an aberration—what linguist George Lakoff has called the "salient exemplar"—and conflate it with the norm. This cognitive bias itself isn't new.
Nov 26, 2020 · Abstract. Synthesizing the metaethical aspects of George Lakoff’s conception of Strict Father Morality (SFM) and Divine Command Theory (DCT) helps us to have a better understanding of the Trump phenomenon, US President Trump regularly deviating from accepted facts and his supporters having no problem with this practice.
A cognitive linguist argues that normalizing Trump is inevitable, unless the media rethink a couple basic rules of journalism.
