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... talk , any talk , is to be effective in sharing experiences , in securing accurate information , in giving information or advice , in getting some- thing done , it must take into account the main patterns of response in the persons ...
... talk , any talk , is to be effective in sharing experiences , in securing accurate information , in giving information or advice , in getting some- thing done , it must take into account the main patterns of response in the persons ...
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... Talking aloud to oneself is a popular pastime , more so than it is credited with being . When talking aloud to oneself is the topic of a discussion , no one ever asks , " What is it ? " In fact , an awareness that people talk to ...
... Talking aloud to oneself is a popular pastime , more so than it is credited with being . When talking aloud to oneself is the topic of a discussion , no one ever asks , " What is it ? " In fact , an awareness that people talk to ...
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... TALK VS. PURPOSIVE SPEECH Someone is around when we talk , and we talk because there is some- one around . Not to talk - unless talking is taboo , as in a study hall or theater audience simply does not imply sensible behavior . We 231 ...
... TALK VS. PURPOSIVE SPEECH Someone is around when we talk , and we talk because there is some- one around . Not to talk - unless talking is taboo , as in a study hall or theater audience simply does not imply sensible behavior . We 231 ...
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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A. E. Housman action answer audience become behavior cent cerebral cortex Chap communication Company consonants cortex course Craig Baird culture debate decibels discussion effective evaluation example experience express fact frequency function gestures H. L. Mencken hand hear human ideas individual instance interest knowledge language learned List listeners logical loudness main motion meaning mental microphone mind motives movement muscles nerve observed oral organization patterns pauses person phonetics phrases pitch poem practice privileged motions probably pronunciation Psychology public address question radio reader recording relations response selected sentence Slurvian social sound of speech sound pressure level sound waves speaker speaking speech sounds statement structure style syllable symbols T. S. Eliot talk telephone thinking thought tion topic University utterance vocabulary vocal vocal folds voice vowel Wendell Johnson words York