2. Does Sarah Palin suffer from speech disorder called dysfluency, aka "anacoluthon? Does this explain why she speaks so weird in interviews?
An expert on speech and language disorders, but not a medical doctor, tells me:
Sir,
Although I think it's fair to say that during interviews (that is, in
unscripted speech) former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin has sometimes exhibited dysfluency (a
general term for speech that isn't smoothly delivered or grammatically
well formed), I'm not qualified to judge whether she suffers from a
chronic speech disorder. (Anacoluthon, by the way, is not usually
considered a chronic disorder; rather, it's an occasional practice that we
may all fall into--especially in times of stress.) For a credible
diagnosis of Ms Palin's speech patterns, you really should consult with a speech-language pathologist,
not a rhetorician.
Sincerely,
A Rhetorician in the USA
=================
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Sarah Palin suffers from speech disorder called dysfluency, aka "anacoluthon? -- this explains why she speaks so weird in interviews?
Sarah Palin suffers from a speech disorder called dysfluency, aka "anacoluthon -- this explains why she speaks so weird in run-on sentences in interviews on TV and in newspapers. She is not stupid. She sufferse from anacoluthon, a disorder in speech that impacts about 5 percent of people in any country.
"anacoluthon"
Definition:
An incoherent statement (a type of dysfluency also known as a
syntactic blend) or a deliberate rhetorical effect (a figure of
speech) created by an abrupt change in a sentence to a second
construction inconsistent with the first. Plural: anacolutha.
Etymology:
From the Greek, "inconsistent"
example
"John McCain's maverick position that he's in, that's really prompt up
to and indicated by the supporters that he has."
(Sarah Palin, failed vice presidential debate, Oct. 2, 2008)
"[Heinrich] Lausberg's definition makes anacoluthon a figure of style
rather than a (sometimes expressive) stylistic weakness. As an error
in style it is not always obvious. Ex: 'He couldn't go, how could he?'
Anacoluthon is only frequent in spoken language. A speaker begins a
sentence in a way implying a certain logical resolution and then ends
it differently. A writer would begin the sentence again, unless its
function were to illustrate confusion of mind or spontaneity of
reporting. Both functions are characteristic of interior monologue,
and to the extent that Molly Bloom's monologue [in Ulysses, by James
Joyce] consists of a single unpunctuated sentence, it contains
hundreds of examples of anacoluthon. '. . . I suppose she was pious
because no man would look at her twice I hope Ill never be like her a
wonder she didnt want us to cover our faces . . .'"
(B. M. Dupriez and A. Halsall, Dictionary of Literary Devices, Univ.
of Toronto Press, 1991)
Pronunciation: an-eh-keh-LOO-thon
Also Known As: a broken sentence, syntactic blend
posted by dan at 4:05 AM
Sir,
Although I think it's fair to say that during interviews (that is, in
unscripted speech) former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin has sometimes exhibited dysfluency (a
general term for speech that isn't smoothly delivered or grammatically
well formed), I'm not qualified to judge whether she suffers from a
chronic speech disorder. (Anacoluthon, by the way, is not usually
considered a chronic disorder; rather, it's an occasional practice that we
may all fall into--especially in times of stress.) For a credible
diagnosis of Ms Palin's speech patterns, you really should consult with a speech-language pathologist,
not a rhetorician.
Sincerely,
A Rhetorician in the USA
=================
SEE
Sarah Palin suffers from speech disorder called dysfluency, aka "anacoluthon? -- this explains why she speaks so weird in interviews?
Sarah Palin suffers from a speech disorder called dysfluency, aka "anacoluthon -- this explains why she speaks so weird in run-on sentences in interviews on TV and in newspapers. She is not stupid. She sufferse from anacoluthon, a disorder in speech that impacts about 5 percent of people in any country.
"anacoluthon"
Definition:
An incoherent statement (a type of dysfluency also known as a
syntactic blend) or a deliberate rhetorical effect (a figure of
speech) created by an abrupt change in a sentence to a second
construction inconsistent with the first. Plural: anacolutha.
Etymology:
From the Greek, "inconsistent"
example
"John McCain's maverick position that he's in, that's really prompt up
to and indicated by the supporters that he has."
(Sarah Palin, failed vice presidential debate, Oct. 2, 2008)
"[Heinrich] Lausberg's definition makes anacoluthon a figure of style
rather than a (sometimes expressive) stylistic weakness. As an error
in style it is not always obvious. Ex: 'He couldn't go, how could he?'
Anacoluthon is only frequent in spoken language. A speaker begins a
sentence in a way implying a certain logical resolution and then ends
it differently. A writer would begin the sentence again, unless its
function were to illustrate confusion of mind or spontaneity of
reporting. Both functions are characteristic of interior monologue,
and to the extent that Molly Bloom's monologue [in Ulysses, by James
Joyce] consists of a single unpunctuated sentence, it contains
hundreds of examples of anacoluthon. '. . . I suppose she was pious
because no man would look at her twice I hope Ill never be like her a
wonder she didnt want us to cover our faces . . .'"
(B. M. Dupriez and A. Halsall, Dictionary of Literary Devices, Univ.
of Toronto Press, 1991)
Pronunciation: an-eh-keh-LOO-thon
Also Known As: a broken sentence, syntactic blend
posted by dan at 4:05 AM
posted by dan at 6:34 PM
2 Comments:
An anacoluthon is not a speech disorder, but rather an event occurring in an utterance, comparable to a run-on sentence, a sentence fragment, a dangling modifier, etc. Not great form, but not a disorder either.
Sarah Palin does not, to my knowledge, have a fluency disorder (a.k.a. stutter, stammer). A fluency disorder is typically characterized by repetitions of a whole word or syllable (e.g., "My my my dau-dau-daughter is arriving") or the first sound in a word (e.g., "M-m-my daughter is arriving"). It may also include "blocks", or silences, before or within a word (e.g., "My d...aughter is arriving").
Interestingly, Vice President Joe Biden does have a fluency disorder. He has obviously benefited from speech therapy, as he has it mostly under control; however, he had what I am pretty sure was a stuttering moment in his debate with then-Governor Palin before the 2008 election.
Having a fluency disorder does not necessarily make a person a bad public speaker. Celebrities who stutter(ed) include actor James Earl Jones, TV journalist John Stossel, and the late Winston Churchill. And, as Sarah Palin demonstrates, not having a fluency disorder does not necessarily make a person a good public speaker, either.
re Palin's DYSFLUENCY speech disorder, as i have discussed on my blog for a year now, this is good example: "our well-armed persons individual private militias that we have." -- it i slike a kind of dyslexia of the speech region... of the brain, and nothign to make fun of, it's a real mediacl problem for some people and can be treated, it even has a latin name..... google "dyslfuency + Palin" to see my POV...and again, i don't mock her speech disorder, i merely mention it to explaion her rants.....and to understand her BETTER...
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