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The Natural Speaker

Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

To succeed in business your message must be heard understood and remembered. This book with its combination of practical tips and case studies from the experts will help you to become a more powerful and persuasive speaker whether pitching for business or presenting to the Board. As a consultant in speech training I can recommend it unreservedly. Clare Willis Senior Consultant Speak First Training LondonYOU CAN BECOME A CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKERSpeaking is one of the most powerful ways of influencing others at work and in life. And yet for many of us speaking in front of large or small groups of people is one of our greatest fears. Speaking Persuasively shows you how to convert anxiety into effective communication. LEARN HOW TO GIVE DYNAMIC PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHESUsing real examples Speaking Persuasively shows you how to hone your speaking skills in business and politics in the classroom and in the community. It explains how to order your material attract the audience's attention (and keep it) control your voice and adapt your techniques for different situations. It also includes practical advice on making a successful business pitch communicating across cultures and handling the media. Speaking Persuasively is for anyone who wants to become a more persuasive and more impressive public speaker. Valuable information that will make the first-timer more comfortable and the gifted public speaker more persuasive. Shari Armistead Senior Media Advisor to Queensland Minister for EducationStrips away the mystery of the mass media performance. A useful guide for those on both sides of the microphone. Ellen Fanning television and radio presenter | Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

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Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics

Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics

The book offers a critical investigation of a wide range of features of religious discourse in the transmitted forensic symbouleutic and epideictic orations of the Ten Attic Orators a body of 151 speeches which represents the mature flourishing of the ancient art of public speaking and persuasion. Serafim focuses on how the intersections between such religious discourse and the political legal and civic institutions of classical Athens help to shed new light on polis identity-building and the construction of an imagined community in three institutional contexts – the law court the Assembly and the Boulē: a community that unites its members and defines the ways in which they make decisions. After a full-scale survey of the persistently and recurrently used features of religious discourse in Attic oratory he contextualizes and explains the use of specific patterns of religious discourse in specific oratorical contexts examining the means or restrictions that these contexts generate for the speaker. In doing so he explores the cognitive/emotional and physical/sensory reactions of the speaker and the audience when religious stimuli are provided in orations and how this contributes to the construction of civic and political identity in classical Athens. Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens particularly its legal institutions on ancient rhetoric and ancient Greek religion and politics.

GBP 38.99
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Cicero

Communication Yearbook 26

The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

Principles of Public Speaking

Madness Art and Society Beyond Illness

Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation reflection change and transformation in architecture. This book explores the ways in which research and development of fabric can and historically has influenced and revolutionized architecture teaching and design. Responsive flexible impermanent fluid and adaptive—fabric interacts with and influences architecture offering innovative solutions and increased material responsibility. Foundation and theory chapters establish clear precedent and futures for fabric’s position in architectural discourse. The case study section examines 14 international projects through three different threads: Veiling Compression and Tension. Case studies include a diverse range of projects from the HiLo unit at Nest and CAST’s fabric formed concrete projects to a discussion of the impact of fabric on SO-IL and Kennedy Violich Architect’s professional work demonstrating new and fresh methods for addressing sustainability and social justice through the use of fabric in architecture. Through the work of the many authors of this book we see fabric as drape skin veil mold concept and inspiration. Fabric in its broadest definition is an important and innovative material in the development of socially conscious architecture. Offering readers pedagogical and practical models for international projects highlighting fabric’s use in architecture this book will appeal to the novice and the expert architecture students and practitioners alike. | FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

GBP 34.99
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Frederick Douglass A Biography

Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders. This book centres on the political dialogue in one of these democracies. The focus is on Venezuela the rich Latin American oil producing country and its transformation from a stable democracy to a very unstable and controversial revolution in which the dialogue has been occupied by only one party for 18 years. The central characters of the book are Hugo Chávez who remained in power for 14 years as the main speaker and controller and the people who either followed or opposed him in Venezuela and other countries. Contrary to critical analyses which are mainly based on social representations that conceive dialogue as implicit or normative this book proposes a dialogue-centred approach which articulates linguistics conversation analysis socio-pragmatics and political science from a critical perspective and offers the theoretical foundations and procedures for analysing micro dialogues between specific persons and the macro social dialogue which unveils the processes of domination and resistance to power. The book will be useful for scholars and students of linguistics media communication studies and political science wishing to learn more about dialogue in political interaction. | Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

GBP 38.99
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Gender Speech and Audience Reception in Early Modern England

Gender Speech and Audience Reception in Early Modern England

This book makes a significant contribution to recent scholarship on the ways in which women responded to the regulation of their behavior by focusing on representations of women speakers and their audiences in moments Smith identifies as scenes of speech. This new approach examining speech exchanges between a speaker and audience in which both anticipate interact with and respond to each other and each other's expectations demonstrates that the prescriptive process involves a dynamic exchange in which each side plays a role in establishing and contesting the boundaries of acceptable speech for women. Drawing from a wide range of evidence including pamphlets diaries illustrations and plays the book interprets the various and at times contradictory representations and reception of women’s speech that circulated in early modern England. Speech scenes examined within include wives' speech to their husbands in private private speech between women public speech before death and the speech of witches. Looking at scenes of women’s speech from male and female authors Smith argues that these early modern texts illustrate a means through which societal regulations were negotiated and modified. This book will appeal to those with an interest in early modern drama including the playwrights Shakespeare Cary Webster Fletcher and Middleton as well as readers of non-dramatic early modern literary texts. The volume is of particular use for scholars working in the areas of early modern literature and culture women’s history gender studies and performance studies. | Gender Speech and Audience Reception in Early Modern England

GBP 39.99
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How Parliament Works

How Parliament Works

Written by expert insiders How Parliament Works is a straightforward and readable analysis of one of the country’s most complex – and often misunderstood – institutions. Covering every aspect of the work membership and structures of both Houses this key text provides a unique insight into the work and daily life of Parliament. The ninth edition has been substantially revised to take account of recent changes in both Houses and to cover all the key issues affecting Parliament and politics such as: Changes in membership of both Houses since the 2019 general election Developments on Brexit including Parliament’s scrutiny of post-Brexit arrangements Coverage of recent issues such as the Cherry/Miller prorogation case and its implications for the constitutional role of Parliament the role of the Speaker in the Brexit process dissent in Parliament and disagreement between the Houses Updates on developments on restoration and renewal New material on representation of different groups in and by Parliament Explanations of Parliament’s response to allegations of bullying and harassment How Parliament adapted to carry on functioning during the covid-19 pandemic New in-text features case studies and photographs How Parliament Works is essential reading for anyone who has anything to do with the Westminster Parliament: journalists civil servants lawyers lobbyists business and trade associations diplomats overseas parliaments and international bodies – and indeed members of both Houses. How Parliament Works is also an invaluable companion to the study of politics at A A2 and university level and provides a wealth of source material for teachers.

GBP 34.99
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The Sounds of Language An Introduction to Phonetics

The Sounds of Language An Introduction to Phonetics

Phonetics is the scientific study of sounds used in language- how the sounds are produced how they are transferred from the speaker to the hearer and how they are heard and perceived. The Sounds of Language provides an accessible general introduction to phonetics with a special emphasis on English. Focusing on the phonetics of English the first section allows students to get an overall view of the subject. Two standard accents of English are presented- RP (Received Pronunciation) the standard accent of England and GA (General American) the standard accent throughout much of North America. The discussion is arranged so that students can read only the RP or GA portions if desired. Sixteen additional accents of English spoken around the world are also covered to provide students with wider international coverage. The author then moves on to introduce acoustics phonetics in an accessible manner for those without a science background. The last section of the book provides a detailed discussion of all aspects of speech with extensive examples from languages around the world. Containing student-friendly features such as extensive exercises for practising the sounds covered in each chapter; a glossary of technical terms; instructions on how to write phonetic symbols; the latest International Phonetic Alphabet chart and a detailed list of English consonantal variants The Sounds of Language provides an excellent introduction to phonetics to students of linguistics and speech pathology and students of English as a second language. | The Sounds of Language An Introduction to Phonetics

GBP 180.00
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Excitable Speech A Politics of the Performative

Excitable Speech A Politics of the Performative

‘When we claim to have been injured by language what kind of claim do we make?’ - Judith Butler Excitable Speech Excitable Speech is widely hailed as a tour de force and one of Judith Butler’s most important books. Examining in turn debates about hate speech pornography and gayness within the US military Butler argues that words can wound and linguistic violence is its own kind of violence. Yet she also argues that speech is ‘excitable’ and fluid because its effects often are beyond the control of the speaker shaped by fantasy context and power structures. In a novel and courageous move she urges caution concerning the use of legislation to restrict and censor speech especially in cases where injurious language is taken up by aesthetic practices to diminish and oppose the injury such as in rap and popular music. Although speech can insult and demean it is also a form of recognition and may be used to talk back; injurious speech can reinforce power structures but it can also repeat power in ways that separate language from its injurious power. Skillfully showing how language’s oppositional power resides in its insubordinate and dynamic nature and its capacity to appropriate and defuse words that usually wound Butler also seeks to account for why some clearly hateful speech is taken to be iconic of free speech while other forms are more easily submitted to censorship. In light of current debates between advocates of freedom of speech and ‘no platform’ and cancel culture the message of Excitable Speech remains more relevant now than ever. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Preface by the author where she considers speech and language in the context contemporary forms of political polarization. | Excitable Speech A Politics of the Performative

GBP 16.99
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Guiding Kids Through the Tough Moments Techniques to Build a Space Where Children Can Thrive

Guiding Kids Through the Tough Moments Techniques to Build a Space Where Children Can Thrive

Families classrooms all kinds of human groups are intricate evolving social and emotional worlds. They exist to protect and nourish but living in them is not always easy. And when one of us is not doing well none of us are. This makes them a delicate dynamic messy and endless work in progress. This book centres around those moments when we must get involved or call a child out on an unsafe careless or selfish action. Pitched well beyond the superficiality of making happy families or obedient classes this book dives into the colour and chaos of life. It provides guidance for navigating the commotion and the processes as well as the grit required in the tougher moments. It’s these moments that reveal what is really happening between children and their parents educators or carers. The book outlines a special set of attitudes and skills described as using our soft eyes and warm hearts. In this space we hold a child or teen accountable using an almost counterculture mindset. One that connects leadership and strength directly with kindness. This humane approach is more likely to leave young people in a position where they might want to feel responsible make amends and changes rather than being forced to. If we are to improve our relationships outcomes and futures with this generation of kids we must commit to truthful conversation reflection and preparation. Written by trusted author Mark Le Messurier an experienced teacher counsellor and public speaker this is an essential guide for parents carers teachers educational leaders and allied health professionals responsible for the wellbeing of young people. | Guiding Kids Through the Tough Moments Techniques to Build a Space Where Children Can Thrive

GBP 22.99
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