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This work aims to analyze Donald Trump's call for linguistic reform and its implications for political discourse. It investigates how indirectness and manipulation challenge shared interpretative norms.

April 1, 2026

From Metapragmatic Gaslighting to Linguistic State of Exception: Donald Trump and the Language Reform of the New Right

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ADAurora DonzelliUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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This article examines linguistic reform and political discourse in the New Right, indicating implications for societal norms.

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This work aims to analyze Donald Trump's call for linguistic reform and its implications for political discourse. It investigates how indirectness and manipulation challenge shared interpretative norms.
Analysis of statements, interventions, and interviews by Donald Trump
Examination of the principles of the New Right's language reform
Identification of metapragmatic gaslighting as a discourse strategy
Emergence of a linguistic state of exception characterized by norm suspension
Establishment of pragmatic unaccountability in political discourse
Reinforcement of an ultrareactionary and hypercapitalist linguistic order

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Aurora Donzelli (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cd7b065652765b073a8a51 https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2026.a986467

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