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jhameia ([personal profile] jhameia) wrote2009-01-20 01:16 pm
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Quick Nerdy Observation

From an English major with some interest in linguistics and grammar and rhetoric.

Obama's speeches tend toward parallel structures in how he arranges his sentences. Not only that, but they're sometimes triple phrases too.

Will elaborate more when I get the time. Or if anybody asks.
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[identity profile] salzara-tirwen.livejournal.com 2009-01-21 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
elaborate plz!
I am better at processing written information than spoken so I won't grok his speech until I read it.

[identity profile] guitarpulsation.livejournal.com 2009-01-21 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
From another English major in need of cocktail chatter.
Please??