Table 1.
Imperfective aspect in political speech.
| Model 1: genre only | Model 2: party controls | Model 3: candidate controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant | -0.087∗∗ | (0.020) | -0.247ˆ** | (0.059) | -0.192ˆ** | (0.069) |
| Genre | 0.108∗∗ | (0.011) | 0.128ˆ** | (0.014) | 0.116ˆ** | (0.031) |
| Words per sentence | 0.005ˆ* | (0.002) | 0.005 | (0.002) | ||
| Party | 0.031ˆ** | (0.009) | ||||
| Romney | 0.035 | (0.043) | ||||
| Obama | -0.004 | (0.041) | ||||
| W. Bush | 0.001 | (0.037) | ||||
| Clinton | 0.008 | (0.037) | ||||
| H.W. Bush | 0.000 | (0.044) | ||||
| Reagan | 0.005 | (0.037) | ||||
| Carter | -0.010 | (0.047) | ||||
| Ford | 0.045 | (0.047) | ||||
| Nixon | 0.007 | (0.044) | ||||
| R2 | 0.332 | 0.379 | 0.391 | |||
Entries are unstandardized regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses. Dependent variable is the imperfective score for each speech. Genre is a dichotomous variable, where 1 = stump speech and 0 = SOTU address. Party is a dichotomous variable where 1 = a Democratic speaker, 2 = a Republican speaker. ∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01.