“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border”:an analysis of non-verbal communication of the winner of the Republican primary elections: Donald Trump

This study aimed to reveal how Donald Trump utilized verbal and non-verbal communication in one of his speeches. Multimodal Discourse Analysis is used as the method of this study, and the research material consists of transcriptions and video material. This study came to the conclusion that even tho...

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Main Author: Eilola, E. (Eeli)
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Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606102494
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spelling ndltd-oulo.fi-oai-oulu.fi-nbnfioulu-2016061024942018-06-19T05:09:05Z“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border”:an analysis of non-verbal communication of the winner of the Republican primary elections: Donald TrumpEilola, E. (Eeli)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© Eeli Eilola, 2016English PhilologyThis study aimed to reveal how Donald Trump utilized verbal and non-verbal communication in one of his speeches. Multimodal Discourse Analysis is used as the method of this study, and the research material consists of transcriptions and video material. This study came to the conclusion that even though Donald Trump is able to convey desirable messages from time to time, he sometimes does not pay enough attention to the visual cues he is presenting. The results could be beneficial for future studies concerned with political speeches or Multimodal Discourse Analysis.Tämän tutkielman tavoitteena oli selvittää kuinka Donald Trump hyödynsi sanallista ja sanatonta viestintää yhdessä puheessaan. Metodina käytettiin multimodaalista diskurssianalyysia, ja tutkimusmateriaalina käytettiin transkriptioita ja videomateriaalia. Tutkielmassa päästiin lopputulokseen, että vaikka Donald Trump onnistuukin ajoittain välittämään halutun viestin, hän ei aina kiinnitä eleisiinsä riittävästi huomiota. Tuloksia voidaan mahdollisesti hyödyntää tulevissa tutkielmissa, jotka liittyvät joko poliittisiin puheisiin tai multimodaaliseen diskurssianalyysiin.University of Oulu2016-06-13info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606102494urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201606102494eng
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Eilola, E. (Eeli)
“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border”:an analysis of non-verbal communication of the winner of the Republican primary elections: Donald Trump
description This study aimed to reveal how Donald Trump utilized verbal and non-verbal communication in one of his speeches. Multimodal Discourse Analysis is used as the method of this study, and the research material consists of transcriptions and video material. This study came to the conclusion that even though Donald Trump is able to convey desirable messages from time to time, he sometimes does not pay enough attention to the visual cues he is presenting. The results could be beneficial for future studies concerned with political speeches or Multimodal Discourse Analysis. === Tämän tutkielman tavoitteena oli selvittää kuinka Donald Trump hyödynsi sanallista ja sanatonta viestintää yhdessä puheessaan. Metodina käytettiin multimodaalista diskurssianalyysia, ja tutkimusmateriaalina käytettiin transkriptioita ja videomateriaalia. Tutkielmassa päästiin lopputulokseen, että vaikka Donald Trump onnistuukin ajoittain välittämään halutun viestin, hän ei aina kiinnitä eleisiinsä riittävästi huomiota. Tuloksia voidaan mahdollisesti hyödyntää tulevissa tutkielmissa, jotka liittyvät joko poliittisiin puheisiin tai multimodaaliseen diskurssianalyysiin.
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title “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border”:an analysis of non-verbal communication of the winner of the Republican primary elections: Donald Trump
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title_full “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border”:an analysis of non-verbal communication of the winner of the Republican primary elections: Donald Trump
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