Bright Shiny Theory
Feb. 11th, 2008 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nancylebovhttp://www.groupnewsblog.net/2008/01/declaration-request-promiselead-lobby.html
Executives announce the future, managers make requests, workers make and fulfill promises. Obama talks like an executive, Edwards (this was written in January) talks like a manager, Clinton talks like a worker.
This is a new to me way of classifying things based on linguistics-- I've heard of declarative statements, but not as part of a system. It's amusing that Clinton is presented as having a subordinate style, considering the rightwing concern that she's too bossy.
Executives announce the future, managers make requests, workers make and fulfill promises. Obama talks like an executive, Edwards (this was written in January) talks like a manager, Clinton talks like a worker.
This is a new to me way of classifying things based on linguistics-- I've heard of declarative statements, but not as part of a system. It's amusing that Clinton is presented as having a subordinate style, considering the rightwing concern that she's too bossy.
