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<DIV>hazeera<BR>--- On <B>Sun, 9/28/08, Dennis Baron <I><debaron@illinois.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Dennis Baron <debaron@illinois.edu><BR>Subject: Words don't lie: semantic mapping of presidential candidates shows what's really on their minds<BR>To: "Baron Dennis" <debaron@illinois.edu>, "language language policy" <lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>, "ads ads" <ads-l@listserv.uga.edu>, "wpa" <wpa-l@asu.edu><BR>Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 12:56 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; WHITE-SPACE: pre">Words don't lie: semantic mapping of presidential candidates shows what's really on their minds</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Grande'" size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; WHITE-SPACE: pre"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal">With the global economy imploding and the United States mired in two wars of attrition, the presidential candidates met for their first debate Sept. 26 at the University of Mississippi. By counting their words we can create a semantic map for each candidate, a map which shows just how skillfully Sens. McCain and Obama skirted these pressing issues.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Grande'" size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; WHITE-SPACE: normal">The most frequent words out of John McCain's mouth were "Senator Obama," which he said a total of 45 times according to the <EM><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/debates/?hpid=topnews" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Washington Post's <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">tag cloud analysis</SPAN></A></EM>. Sen. Obama's favorite word was "going" (55 occurrences; the <EM>Post</EM> didn't count words like <EM>the </EM>and <EM>is,</EM> focusing instead on more substantive substantives and more verbal verbs).</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Lucida Grande'" size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; WHITE-SPACE: normal"><A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#scroll_debates" target=_blank rel=nofollow>According to MSNBC,</A> Obama said <EM>Al Qaida</EM> about twice as often as McCain, but not enough to stir the needle on the <EM>Post's</EM> tag cloud counter, and while Obama said <EM>billion</EM> some 22 times, McCain mentioned no big dollar amounts, confirming his belief that if you have to ask what something costs, then you can't afford it. Neither candidate mentioned <EM>subprime mortgage. </EM>They can afford not mentioning it, because their homes are paid for.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Of course partisan readers will bend even a tag cloud to fit their preconceived notions of what was said. For example, Democratic pundits concluded that the frequency of <EM>going</EM> showed Obama to be a man of action, while McCain's rehearsal of his opponent's name indicated that the aging senator had to constantly remind himself who he was talking to. But Republicans found just the opposite, spinning McCain as a pragmatist rooted firmly in the present while Obama was off wool gathering about the future.</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">McCain said <EM>Senator Obama</EM> more often than he said <EM>Iraq</EM> (17 times), <EM>Afghanistan</EM> (11), and <EM>troops</EM>(also 11). And McCain, who just turned 72 this week, found more ways to say, "I'm really an old guy" than his handlers might have liked. On the other hand, Obama said <EM>years</EM> 21 times, a thinly-veiled attempt to convince voters that he is actually old enough to be president . . . .</DIV>
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