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Van C. Gessel
1 speech between 2005 and 2005, mostly as BYU leadership. 4,771 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
1
2005
Words
4,771
in the transcripts
Reading grade
13.4
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
6
6.0 per speech
Callings
BYU leadership
1 speeches
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record
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.
- culture 20
- reading 18
- entertainment 7
- films 5
- cultural 9
- movies 7
- contemporary 6
- ancestors 7
- link 6
- past 14
- books 9
- popular 5
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants3
- Articles of Faith1
- Moroni1
- Alma1
Callings when speaking
- BYU leadership 1
As given in the bylines: Dean of the BYU College of Humanities
Every speech
- 3 May 2005The “Welding Link” of CultureDean of the BYU College of Humanities · Devotional4,771 w6 refs