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... speaker with audience makes possible joint action - to get a politician elected to office , to strengthen institutions , to reinforce values . In a sense , identification is the source of persuasion , for it enables the speaker and the ...
... speaker with audience makes possible joint action - to get a politician elected to office , to strengthen institutions , to reinforce values . In a sense , identification is the source of persuasion , for it enables the speaker and the ...
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... speaker analyzes his audience so that what he says to it is appropriate . Here " appropriate " means more than ... speaker because they serve as a basis for inferring the internal states of auditors . Knowing an audience's demographic ...
... speaker analyzes his audience so that what he says to it is appropriate . Here " appropriate " means more than ... speaker because they serve as a basis for inferring the internal states of auditors . Knowing an audience's demographic ...
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An Introduction to Style for the Public Speaker Jane Blankenship. The pressure of time on the speaker may cause him to choose fewer different words , or to choose somewhat easier words than the writer . Or he may repeat words or phrases ...
An Introduction to Style for the Public Speaker Jane Blankenship. The pressure of time on the speaker may cause him to choose fewer different words , or to choose somewhat easier words than the writer . Or he may repeat words or phrases ...
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