About Imaginary Borders: How Language Processes Nourish Othering in Trump's Tweets

Diploma Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck, language: English, abstract: Othering is a language process which does not only occur in spoken language, but also in written. Nowadays, such a negative portrayal and creation of the perfect other is often happening in a rather hidden and indirect manner. This paper explores whether Donald J. Trump indulged in the act of Othering in his Tweets and whether this happened in a direct or indirect way. The findings lead to an understanding whether Othering is being accepted in politics or not.