The Elements of Expression by Plotnik, Arthur -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Praise Also by Arthur Plotnik Dedication Foreword Preface CONTAINMENTS

1 - Gasping for Words

DELIVER US FROM STOCK EPITAPHS GENERIC PATTERNS EARLIER ELOQUENCE CYRANO DE PLOTNIK

2 - Standard English: Who Needs It?

PEOPLE OF THE WORD REGULATORS AND GUARDIANS GETTING STANDARDIZED GENERIC AND HIGH-FLOWN STANDARD ENGLISH RANKING THE NONSTANDARD

3 - Grammar and Other Night Sweats

GRAMMAR USAGE STYLE RHETORIC THE NEW ARBITERS

EXTRUSIONS

4 - Expressiveness

WORDS RULE NONVERBAL EXPRESSION WHAT’S SO DIFFICULT? THE ART OF EXTRUSION

5 - Steps toward Expressiveness

WHEN IN THE ACT NEW PATTERNS FOR OLD NOT MY PATTERN

6 - Expressing “the Real You”

THE REAL SELF THE ARTICULATE SELF STATEMENTS THE REAL VOICE CUTE FLAVIO “GET OUT OF HERE WITH THIS NERD STUFF” THE STABLE SELF

7 - Elements of Force

POWERFUL CHARMS POWER BOOSTERS

8 - Force, Figures of Speech, and a Little Longinus

THE FORCE OF FIGURES LESS IS MORE FIGURES OF GAB LEARNING TO BE DEVIANT

9 - Make My Day: The Power of Tough Talk

A DEFINITION VARIETIES OF TOUGH TALK THE BAD WORDS THE F-WORD USING TOUGH TALK SLANG: “LANGUAGE WITH AN ATTITUDE”

PATTERNINGS

10 - Model Expression: In Search of Paradigms

THE WAY THEY TALK THE UPLIFTED PUPIL BOLDNESS: BREAKING THE MOLD MODELS, MUSCULAR AND ATROPHIED NO NEED TO NIX POP P’R’D’GM

11 - Other People’s Words

WITH ABUNDANCE, RISKS LET SLEYPING CATCHPHRASES LIE RULES OF ATTRIBUTION AND GENERAL USE

12 - Infusions for Tired Vocabularies

ELEMENTS OF NEW-WORD FORMATIONS HOW SHIFTING IMPACTS BUMS COMMON SOURCES OF THE UNCOMMON SPECIAL WORD SOURCES HOMESPUN OR WHIM-WHAM?

13 - Specialized Words: Stimulation for Every Occasion

AND HOW IS THAT PREPARED? GEEKLISH RUMMAGING IN THE PITS SCOPING FOR WORD ACTION SPECIAL PATTERNS LANGUAGE FOR LOVERS TAKE MY WORDS—PLEASE!

14 - Speaking Louder Than Words: Oral Presentation

SINS OF THE PRESENTERS VOCAL AND NONVOCAL PROJECTION SHOUT AND SING: ELEMENTS OF PROSODY ADVICE AND IMITATION ALL-DAY TALKERS THE FEAR AND IN CONCLUSION…

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