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Robert J. Parsons
2 speeches between 1984 and 1999, mostly as BYU faculty. 8,422 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
2
1984–1999
Words
8,422
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.4
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
31
15.5 per speech
Callings
BYU faculty
1 speeches
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record
Speeches by year
19841999
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.
- melanie 15
- smoot 10
- hurdles 8
- cup 14
- mule 7
- puppies 6
- harvest 10
- babbel 5
- touch 12
- dave 5
- grandpa 6
- seeds 8
Scriptures cited most
- Matthew6
- Luke6
- John4
- Doctrine and Covenants3
- 2 Nephi2
- Mosiah1
- Psalms1
- Acts1
Callings when speaking
- BYU faculty 1
As given in the bylines: Professor of Economics
Every speech
- 31 Jul 1984As a Man ThinkethDevotional4,274 w19 refs
- 1 Jun 1999Is Your Cup Half Full or Half Empty?Professor of Economics · Devotional4,148 w12 refs