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Personal Pronoun Analysis on Abraham Lincoln’s Selected Speeches Could Indicate Effectiveness of Speech Writing
Personal Pronoun Analysis on Abraham Lincoln’s Selected
Speeches Could Indicate Effectiveness of
Speeches Could Indicate Effectiveness of
Speech Writing
Abraham Lincoln is known by consensus as the best president of the United States and he is
known by his recognizable skills in speaking. Not only in speaking is he recognized but also in
his writing. For this reason, text-analysis can be applied to his speeches to find whether his use
of personal pronouns have a significant effect on the overall impression of his political speeches.
In order to do that, a text analysis tool was used to identify the concordance of the corpora
constructed from 11 of his randomly-selected speeches. The personal pronouns were identified
and categorized into three groups: gender-associative pronouns, self-inclusive pronouns, and
self-exclusive pronouns. The analysis showed that there is a high level usage of self-inclusive
pronouns with a relevance rate of 42.48% while the self-exclusive pronoun usage played a
significant rate of 35.82%. Similar studies suggest that although deep analysis is needed for more
accurate interpretation, the use of personal pronouns could affect the effectiveness of political
speeches.
known by his recognizable skills in speaking. Not only in speaking is he recognized but also in
his writing. For this reason, text-analysis can be applied to his speeches to find whether his use
of personal pronouns have a significant effect on the overall impression of his political speeches.
In order to do that, a text analysis tool was used to identify the concordance of the corpora
constructed from 11 of his randomly-selected speeches. The personal pronouns were identified
and categorized into three groups: gender-associative pronouns, self-inclusive pronouns, and
self-exclusive pronouns. The analysis showed that there is a high level usage of self-inclusive
pronouns with a relevance rate of 42.48% while the self-exclusive pronoun usage played a
significant rate of 35.82%. Similar studies suggest that although deep analysis is needed for more
accurate interpretation, the use of personal pronouns could affect the effectiveness of political
speeches.
