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... AUDIENCE ADAPTATION . The audience is an aggregation of indi- viduals each of whom has his own word count . Some speech is directed to mass nationwide audiences . The most frequent words of a generalized word count would apply to this ...
... AUDIENCE ADAPTATION . The audience is an aggregation of indi- viduals each of whom has his own word count . Some speech is directed to mass nationwide audiences . The most frequent words of a generalized word count would apply to this ...
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... audience , the time . These patterns evolve primarily from psychological considerations . Speeches before hostile audiences , speeches on topics foreign to listeners ' interests , speeches on intricate and complex subjects before ...
... audience , the time . These patterns evolve primarily from psychological considerations . Speeches before hostile audiences , speeches on topics foreign to listeners ' interests , speeches on intricate and complex subjects before ...
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... audience is important would seem to be a simple truth , yet often speakers disregard their audiences completely . Audiences influence every step of the preparation and delivery of effective speeches . Any speaker who disregards his audience ...
... audience is important would seem to be a simple truth , yet often speakers disregard their audiences completely . Audiences influence every step of the preparation and delivery of effective speeches . Any speaker who disregards his audience ...
Contents
Preface Chapter 1 An Overview I | 1 |
The Mechanisms of Speech | 18 |
The Sound of Speech | 35 |
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Speech: Code, Meaning, and Communication John Wilson Black,Wilbur Erwin Moore No preview available - 1973 |
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