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Oral communication is a unique method of giving information because, except for telephone conversations, it is direct — that is, face to face. The speaker has more means of conveying information than the writer. Both use words, though the speaker will use more of them: but she can also use indications of tone, facial expression and gesture to add layers of meaning to, or even to change the meaning of, the words pronounced.
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© 1979 Lysbeth A. Woolcott and Wendy R. Unwin
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Woolcott, L.A., Unwin, W.R. (1979). Oral Communication. In: Communication for Business and Secretarial Students. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01897-0_11
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