Explore the speeches
Delve into how language has evolved in election speeches over the decades in Australia – from the frequency of words used, to speech length and readability level.
Word frequency
Search how often a word is used in speeches in a specific year for insight into the issues of the time. For example, tariff, coal, war, terrorism, economy, internet.
References to: Economy
Total words
Gunning Fox index
Use the index to discover the education level required to understand the speeches. A higher score indicates harder text – a score of six is easily readable for a school student in year six, a score of 17 requires a reading level of a university graduate.
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