Statistical Overview of Speakers and Speech Events

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Speaker Category Total Speakers Total Words % of Total Corpus
Gender Male 729 786,487 46%
Female 842 909,053 54%*
Academic Role Faculty 160 825,829 49%*
Male 84 446,925 26%
Female 76 378,904 22%
Students 1039 742,348 44%*
Undergraduates 782 368,433 22%
Male 336 142,102 8%
Female 446 226,331 13%
Graduates 257 373,915 22%
Male 121 158,696 9%
Female 136 215,219 13%
Language Status Native Speakers 1449 1,493,586 88%
Non-Native Speakers 122 201,954 12%
Totals 1571 1,695,540
Academic Division Speech Events Speakers Words % of Total Corpus % Male % Female % Faculty* % Students*
Humanities & Arts 37 368 450,348 27 56 44 63 29
Social Sciences & Education 34 433 404,668 24 37 63 44 55
Biological & Health Sciences 32 257 325,456 19 41 59 55 42
Physical Sciences & Engineering 36 314 358,776 21 55 45 44 52
Other/NA 13 199 156,292 9 37 63 20 41
Primary Discourse Mode Speech Events Speakers Words % of Total Corpus % Male % Female % Faculty* % Students*
Highly Monologic 14 41 136,239 8 50 50 84 14
Mostly Monologic 37 266 356,525 21 27 73 76 16
Mixed 26 258 256,384 15 46 54 26 63
Mostly Interactive 27 334 381,709 23 51 49 54 39
Highly Interactive 48 520 564,683 33 48 52 28 72
Speech Event Type Transcripts Speakers Words % of Total Corpus % Male % Female % Faculty &/or Staff % Students
Advising 2 11 35,275 2.1 13 87 70 30
Colloquia 14 121 157,333 9.3 51 49 89 11
Discussion Sections 9 112 74,904 4.4 37 63 33 67
Diss. Defenses 4 26 56,837 3.4 55 45 37 63
Interviews 3 6 13,015 0.8 83 17 56 44
Labs 8 42 73,815 4.4 70 30 32 68
Large Lectures 30 214 251,632 14.8 54 46 94 6
Small Lectures 32 296 333,338 19.7 46 54 78 22
Meetings 6 60 70,038 4.1 66 34 38 62
Office Hours 14 106 171,188 8.2 41 59 29 71
Seminars 7 72 138,626 7.7 60 40 65 35
Study Groups 8 36 129,725 7.7 32 68 0 100
Student Presentations 11 146 143,369 8.5 24 76 22 78
Service Encounters 2 90 24,691 1.5 41 59 40 60
Tours 2 19 21,768 1.3 58 42 39 61

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