Orly Kayam

List of John Benjamins publications in which Orly Kayam is involved.

Articles

Kayam, Orly 2020 Straight to the people: Donald Trump’s rhetorical style on Twitter in the 2016 U.S. presidential election Language and Dialogue 10:2, pp. 149–170 | Article

Research has shown that Donald Trump’s rhetorical style on Twitter differs significantly during the time he was a citizen, a presidential candidate and a president (Ott and Dickinson 2019). The aim of the current study is to characterize his rhetorical style on Twitter during the 2016… read more

Kayam, Orly 2018 Donald Trump’s rhetoric: How an anti-political strategy helped him win the presidency Language and Dialogue 8:2, pp. 183–208 | Article

The paper explores the rhetorical strategies Donald Trump employed during the 2016 U.S. presidential primary campaign. The study shows that Trump aimed at garnering public support by defining himself as an anti-politician or anti-political establishment candidate. His rhetorical strategies were… read more

Kayam, Orly 2017 A rhetorical change that changed reality: Rouhani vs. Ahmadinejad at the UN Language and Dialogue 7:2, pp. 163–188 | Article

This paper is the first to explore the development of Iranian rhetoric from former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the current president Hassan Rouhani, in messages delivered to the international community. The study compares eight speeches given by Ahmadinejad at the UN, to two speeches given… read more