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Richard H. Cracroft

4 speeches between 1977 and 1996, mostly as BYU faculty. 11,720 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
4
1977–1996
Words
11,720
in the transcripts
Reading grade
13.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
23
5.8 per speech
Callings
BYU faculty
also BYU leadership
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record

Speeches by year

19771996

Signature phrases

Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.

  • pattern 67
  • hosanna 16
  • marina 11
  • lens 14
  • holy spirit 21
  • awake 11
  • traced 7
  • switzerland 8
  • swiss 6
  • cracroft 6
  • belly 6
  • dressing room 5

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants6
  • Matthew4
  • Moses2
  • 2 Nephi2
  • Alma2
  • James1
  • Joseph Smith—History1
  • Ether1

Callings when speaking

  • BYU faculty 3
  • BYU leadership 1

As given in the bylines: Chairman of the English Department at BYU · Professor of English at BYU · Professor of English at Brigham Young University · Dean of the College of Humanities

Every speech

  1. 2 Aug 1977Our Trek Through the WildernessChairman of the English Department at BYU · Devotionalaudio only
  2. 12 Jan 1982A Time for LaughterDean of the College of Humanities · Forumaudio only
  3. 29 Jun 1993“We’ll Sing and We’ll Shout”: A Mantic Celebration of the Holy SpiritProfessor of English at Brigham Young University · Devotional5,606 w8 refs
  4. 10 Dec 1996Divine Designs: Tracing the Lord’s “Pattern in All Things”Professor of English at BYU · Devotional6,065 w15 refs
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