The Use of Words in Context: The Vocabulary of Collage Students

by Alan C. Nichols, Cleavonne S. Stratton, John W. Black, et al.

Book Overview

The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teaching of public speaking in America. That it is comprised of occasion, speaker, and topic is a gross oversimplification. It also includes challenge, anxiety, emotion, fear, responsibility, faults of memory, and instants of pride. Out of the circumstances arise an increase in heart rate, a change in blood pressure, an abnormal pattern of breathing, a noticeable build- up in perspiration, and an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489905359
• ISBN13: 9781489905352
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"