Culture and Explicitness of Persuasion: Linguistic Evidence From a 51-Year Corpus-Based Cross-Cultural Comparison of the United Nations General Debate Speeches Across 55 Countries (1970-2020)
Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 57(2-3) • Sage Journals • • Published In • Pages: 166-192 •
By Shen, Li
Hypothesis
The gap in persuasion explicitness between the East and West is closing.
Note
Regressions of the data coming from the East and West seem to indicate that this gap is closing. Student's t-tests, Welch's t-tests, and Mann Whitney U tests don't entirely confirm this, showing a fairly consistent pattern of significant distances between the East and West over time.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polynomial Regression | Support Claimed | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Persuasion explicitness | Dependent | Oratory |
| East/West attribution | Independent | Identification, Location |