[Xmca-l] Re: a linguist and a child on D. Trump

[Carol Macdonald]

That would be the vice-President!

I think Trump enjoyed being the fly in the ointment at G20, and then ...
offered to work jointly with Russia on cyber security. And now we hear that
his son went to a meeting with a Russian because he believed they had some
damaging information on Clinton.

Alfredo I think lots of us are feeling 'enfadado' -- but rather helpless
with it too.

Carol

On 8 July 2017 at 11:43, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> I was thinking ... does the US system allow for the appointment of a
> Regent?
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> andy
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> Andy Blunden
> http://home.mira.net/~andy
> http://www.brill.com/products/book/origins-collective-decision-making
> On 8/07/2017 7:40 PM, Alfredo Jornet Gil wrote:
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>> We've been perplexed (some may say horrified) by Trump's speech in this
>> list before, as many others in the media have. A linguist in the Washington
>> post (see link below) comments on this and notes how Trump's speech sounds
>> like (American) everyday speech, like he 'could be a family member or a
>> friend'. She also notes his use of hyperbolic verbal and gestural devices.
>> ??I was watching the video and my two-years old daughter passed by and saw
>> Trump talking. Pointing at him, my daughter said, 'enfadado' ('angry' in
>> Spanish). Honestly, I am glad that not many of my family members or friends
>> sound like that, even the American ones!
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>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/this-linguist-
>> studied-the-way-trump-speaks-for-two-years-heres-what-she-
>> found/2017/07/07/12f310c6-627d-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_video.html
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Carol A Macdonald Ph.D (Edin)
Cultural Historical Activity Theory
Honorary Research Fellow: Department of Linguistics, Unisa
alternative email address: tmacdoca@unisa.ac.za