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W. Rolfe Kerr
3 speeches between 1980 and 2006, mostly as Seventy. 8,784 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
1980–2006
Words
8,784
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.9
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
23
7.7 per speech
Callings
Seventy
also BYU leadership
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19802006
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.
- resurrection 22
- continuing revelation 8
- restoration 20
- thanks 15
- revelations 13
- graduates 14
- accreditation 7
- consciously 7
- freedoms 6
- devil 11
- university 38
- thankful 7
Scriptures cited most
- Alma5
- Doctrine and Covenants4
- John3
- Genesis2
- Amos2
- Mosiah2
- Moses1
- 1 Corinthians1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 2
- BYU leadership 1
As given in the bylines: Commissioner of the Church Educational System and Member of the Seventy · Executive Vice President of Brigham Young University
Every speech
- 25 Nov 1980Thanks for the Things that CountExecutive Vice President of Brigham Young University · Devotional1,844 w2 refs
- 5 Feb 2006“Withstanding Every Temptation of the Devil”Commissioner of the Church Educational System and Member of the Seventy · Devotional4,428 w18 refs
- 17 Aug 2006Measuring Up to the MissionGeneral Authority Seventy · Commencement2,512 w3 refs