Assignment: The NOUNs...due 9/8

This semester we will be focusing on political speech and American culture in the wake of the presidential elections in November. Understanding political speech and our reactions and analysis of it is quite revealing.

To start off our thinking on this...please read through the post on NOUNs in the companion website under the language log link. or click HERE.

---What do you think about Trump's strong use of "theXs" in his speeches?
---What "meaning" do you attribute to this usage?
---How is this meaning understood in the context of American Culture?

How about This? We will talk about this when we discuss chapter 6!
Trump Talk's Like A Third Grader?

Hillary "conditioned" to be unemotional?