U.S presidential candidates speak at grade school level

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According to a new study from the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University that suggests that the linguistic complexity used in campaign speeches is comparable to the reading level of a middle school student (grades 6 to 8, covering ages 11 to 14).

The study authors found that Clinton and Trump used the least advanced vocabulary, comparable to a grade 8 level, while Sanders utilized the most complex terminology, speaking at a grade 10 to grade 11 standard. Grammatically, Trump’s address was the most basic, with a linguistic structure similar to what one would expect from a grade 5 student.



This speaks volumes about the voters. lmao.
 
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According to a new study from the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University that suggests that the linguistic complexity used in campaign speeches is comparable to the reading level of a middle school student (grades 6 to 8, covering ages 11 to 14).

The study authors found that Clinton and Trump used the least advanced vocabulary, comparable to a grade 8 level, while Sanders utilized the most complex terminology, speaking at a grade 10 to grade 11 standard. Grammatically, Trump’s address was the most basic, with a linguistic structure similar to what one would expect from a grade 5 student.



This speaks volumes about the voters. lmao.
and the rest of the world political figures get seen on TV tossing chairs,tables at each other like school children.
 

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They have to convey their message to a range of voters. And by doing that, they must have a coherent, transient message that would be easy to remember instead of a long, comprehensive one that would most likely intimidate them or appears as if they are looking down upon them.
 

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They have to convey their message to a range of voters. And by doing that, they must have a coherent, transient message that would be easy to remember instead of a long, comprehensive one that would most likely intimidate them or appears as if they are looking down upon them.
This is pretty much the correct answer. If they used really complicated speech when trying to get their message across, no one would understand what they are saying. That is why most campaign messages are very simple with one to two syllable words. Obama's was super simple. Hope. Change. He won too. Bernie is losing right now. Maybe if he spoke much more simple, people would buy into his message since they could understand him. Sad it has to be simple and no one can understand above a 6th grade level, but I'm sure there is some reason behind it.

I bet some Trump supporters still have trouble comprehending what he is saying.
Agreed.
 

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Trump got annihilated by this study.
That makes all of us look bad if Donald Trump holds a position in at least 515 organizations, almost 400 of which bear his name or his initials. He earns at least $9.5 million in royalties for licensing his brand to not only luxury hotels but also to vodka makers, bottled water companies, energy drinks and more. earned a total of $214 million from NBC over the last 14 years $78 million invested in stocks, mutual funds and hedge funds earned $1.75 million in speaking fees worth $4 billion. That puts everybody with a Associates,Bachelor,Master, and PHD to shame when it comes to gathering wealth not only that he may become the most powerful person in the world.
 

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Yeah man, they ought to be talking like real academics instead:



"The patriarchialist paradigm of expression, nationalism and social realism

Barbara V. Buxton
Department of Deconstruction, Harvard University
Charles Wilson
Department of English, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1. Precapitalist theory and neomaterial semioticist theory

In the works of Pynchon, a predominant concept is the concept of
predialectic sexuality. Tilton[1] implies that the works of
Pynchon are empowering. “Class is part of the failure of language,” says Bataille. Therefore,
Debord’s model of capitalist nihilism suggests that society has significance,
given that the premise of social realism is valid. The subject is interpolated
into a precapitalist theory that includes sexuality as a paradox.
But the main theme of the works of Pynchon is not, in fact, construction,
but neoconstruction. The subject is contextualised into a social realism that
includes reality as a reality.

In a sense, the primary theme of Cameron’s[2] analysis of
precapitalist theory is the role of the participant as observer. If neomaterial
semioticist theory holds, we have to choose between social realism and
dialectic nationalism. But Baudrillard’s essay on the postcapitalist paradigm of narrative holds
that the task of the poet is social comment. Lyotard uses the term ‘neomaterial
semioticist theory’ to denote not constructivism as such, but
neoconstructivism.

2. Pynchon and social realism

The main theme of the works of Pynchon is the role of the participant as writer. It could be said that Scuglia[3] states that we have to choose between neomaterial semioticist theory and postdialectic objectivism.
The primary theme of Reicher’s[4] critique of precapitalist theory is not materialism, but neomaterialism. “Class is intrinsically elitist,” says Foucault; however, according to Dahmus[5] , it is not so much class that is intrinsically elitist, but rather the stasis, and eventually the paradigm, of class. Thus, Sartre uses the term ‘neomaterial semioticist theory’ to denote the difference between society and sexual identity. The characteristic theme of the works of Joyce is the dialectic, and subsequent futility, of postmodern narrativity. In a sense, precapitalist theory implies that reality serves to oppress the underprivileged, but only if narrativity is distinct from culture. The subject is interpolated into a capitalist Marxism that includes narrativity as a totality. It could be said that if precapitalist theory holds, we have to choose between social realism and substructuralist cultural theory. The premise of precapitalist theory holds that society, ironically, has objective value. Therefore, Lacan uses the term ‘neomaterial semioticist theory’ to denote the role of the observer as reader. An abundance of narratives concerning precapitalist theory exist..."


The above is actually a grammatically coherent but semantically vacuous (i.e. meaningless) piece of text generated by a computer program called the postmodernism generator.



This is why university professors, that group in which the postmodernism generator style abounds, remain largely confined to their academic circle-jerks. In their obsession with aggrandizement of their intellectual egos, they have forgotten the most rudimentary lesson of the aesthetics of style - good expression is as simple as possible.

Unlike humanities professors, salesman - and what is politics if not a type of sales? - understand the aesthetic aspect of human nature very well. I've never seen a pretentious work of advertisement in my life, have you?
 

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Yeah man, they ought to be talking like real academics instead:



"The patriarchialist paradigm of expression, nationalism and social realism

Barbara V. Buxton
Department of Deconstruction, Harvard University
Charles Wilson
Department of English, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1. Precapitalist theory and neomaterial semioticist theory

In the works of Pynchon, a predominant concept is the concept of
predialectic sexuality. Tilton[1] implies that the works of
Pynchon are empowering. “Class is part of the failure of language,” says Bataille. Therefore,
Debord’s model of capitalist nihilism suggests that society has significance,
given that the premise of social realism is valid. The subject is interpolated
into a precapitalist theory that includes sexuality as a paradox.
But the main theme of the works of Pynchon is not, in fact, construction,
but neoconstruction. The subject is contextualised into a social realism that
includes reality as a reality.

In a sense, the primary theme of Cameron’s[2] analysis of
precapitalist theory is the role of the participant as observer. If neomaterial
semioticist theory holds, we have to choose between social realism and
dialectic nationalism. But Baudrillard’s essay on the postcapitalist paradigm of narrative holds
that the task of the poet is social comment. Lyotard uses the term ‘neomaterial
semioticist theory’ to denote not constructivism as such, but
neoconstructivism.

2. Pynchon and social realism

The main theme of the works of Pynchon is the role of the participant as writer. It could be said that Scuglia[3] states that we have to choose between neomaterial semioticist theory and postdialectic objectivism.
The primary theme of Reicher’s[4] critique of precapitalist theory is not materialism, but neomaterialism. “Class is intrinsically elitist,” says Foucault; however, according to Dahmus[5] , it is not so much class that is intrinsically elitist, but rather the stasis, and eventually the paradigm, of class. Thus, Sartre uses the term ‘neomaterial semioticist theory’ to denote the difference between society and sexual identity. The characteristic theme of the works of Joyce is the dialectic, and subsequent futility, of postmodern narrativity. In a sense, precapitalist theory implies that reality serves to oppress the underprivileged, but only if narrativity is distinct from culture. The subject is interpolated into a capitalist Marxism that includes narrativity as a totality. It could be said that if precapitalist theory holds, we have to choose between social realism and substructuralist cultural theory. The premise of precapitalist theory holds that society, ironically, has objective value. Therefore, Lacan uses the term ‘neomaterial semioticist theory’ to denote the role of the observer as reader. An abundance of narratives concerning precapitalist theory exist..."


The above is actually a grammatically coherent but semantically vacuous (i.e. meaningless) piece of text generated by a computer program called the postmodernism generator.



This is why university professors, that group in which the postmodernism generator style abounds, remain largely confined to their academic circle-jerks. In their obsession with aggrandizement of their intellectual egos, they have forgotten the most rudimentary lesson of the aesthetics of style - good expression is as simple as possible.

Unlike humanities professors, salesman - and what is politics if not a type of sales? - understand the aesthetic aspect of human nature very well. I've never seen a pretentious work of advertisement in my life, have you?
No I understand just fine that selling speeches such as the speeches from presidential candidates have to be simple, but this thread was just to point out how Trump has the most simple vocabulary of all of them. I think it was just funny how they compared him to a grade 5 student. They don't need to to talk like academics but getting compared to a 5th grader isn't a good thing either.
 

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No I understand just fine that selling speeches such as the speeches from presidential candidates have to be simple, but this thread was just to point out how Trump has the most simple vocabulary of all of them. I think it was just funny how they compared him to a grade 5 student. They don't need to to talk like academics but getting compared to a 5th grader isn't a good thing either.
Hindsight is such a quick thing, already I've realized that was a poor attempt at humour. Ok Hawker, I'll give you a serious answer (though I do not think this detracts from Trump's political message and policy prescriptions whatsoever):

[video=youtube;_aFo_BV-UzI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI[/video]
 
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