Acoustic/prosodic and lexical correlates of charismatic speech

• DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2005-329
• Publication Date: 2021-08-26T08:57:57Z
• Authors: Andrew Rosenberg; Julia Hirschberg
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; Information technology; 02 engineering and technology; Computer science

Charisma, the ability to command authority on basis of personal qualities, is more difficult define than identify.How do charismatic leaders such as Fidel Castro or Pope John Paul II attract and retain their followers?We present results an analysis subjective ratings charisma from a corpus American political speech.We identify associations between other attributes.We also examine acoustic/prosodic lexical features this speech correlate these with ratings.