Donald Trump’s Vocabulary Selection Strategy in a Public Speech for the First Time Since Covid-19 Diagnosis

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10.2991/assehr.k.220201.060How to use a DOI?

Keywords

critical discourse analysis; speech; vocabulary

Abstract

This study applied a critical discourse analysis approach to Donald Trump’s speech at his first public event since being diagnosed with Covid-19. The objective of this research is to describe the vocabulary selection strategy used by Donald Trump in his first public speech since being diagnosed with Covid-19. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. Documentation is a data collection technique. The research data came from Donald Trump’s speech at the first public event since Covid-19 was diagnosed on October 10, 2020. This study found three types of vocabulary for classifying, four types of vocabulary for limiting views, three types of vocabulary for discourse battle, and three types of vocabulary for marginalization.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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AU  - Arini Hidayah
AU  - Widyashanti Kunthara Anindhita
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/10
TI  - Donald Trump’s Vocabulary Selection Strategy in a Public Speech for the First Time Since Covid-19 Diagnosis
BT  - Proceedings of the 67th TEFLIN International Virtual Conference & the 9th ICOELT 2021 (TEFLIN ICOELT 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 332
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SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220201.060
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