美国口头政治语言的演变
Evolution of US Oral Political Language
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中文总结 AI 辅助
本研究分析1960至2024年19位总统候选人的辩论语言，发现政治语言随时间简化，句子变短，复杂术语减少，情感增强而逻辑减弱。
中文摘要 AI 辅助
对美国政治语言的分析通常基于书面形式（例如总统演讲）或在各种社交网络上发布的帖子。然而，口头表达更为频繁，能更好地揭示说话者的风格和思维方式。本研究通过考虑1960年至2024年间总统选举中的19位候选人，涵盖了这种语言交流模式。我们的主要研究目标是揭示那些总统辩论中隐藏的主要趋势。我们是否观察到美国政治语言随时间明显简化？特朗普的语言是否比其他候选人差？不寻常的风格特征是否只出现在某一位特定的总统身上？此外，我们能否检测出一种模式来解释某些提名人的成功或失败？随着时间的推移，这项研究表明政治语言复杂性显著降低，平均句子长度减少，复杂术语显著下降。此外，情感基调在几十年间增强，而逻辑和理性思维趋于减弱。
英文摘要
The analysis of US political language is usually based on the written form (e.g. presidential addresses) or posts broadcasted on various social networks. Oral production, however, which is even more frequent, can better reveal the style and mode of thinking of the speaker. This study covers this mode of linguistic communication by considering 19 candidates from the presidential elections between 1960 to 2024. Our main research objectives are to disclose the main trends hidden in those presidential debates. Do we observe a clear simplification of the US political language over time? Does Trump have poor language compared to the other candidates? Do unusual stylistic features occur only with a single, specific president? Moreover, can we detect a pattern explaining the success or failure of some nominees? Over time, this study demonstrates a significant reduction in political language complexity, a decrease of the mean sentence length, and a noteworthy decline of complex terms. Moreover, the emotional tone increases over the decades, while logical and rational thinking tends to lessen.
发表机构
- University of Neuchatel（纳沙泰尔大学）
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