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A Discourse Analysis Approach to Public Speaking Genres

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Following on from the previous chapter, genres are defined according to a three-part classification: enclosing scene, or community of reference; generic scene, composed of parameters such as purpose, participants, time and place, organisation and language; and scenography, which refers here to the way speakers choose to address their audience and perform their speech.

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Rossette-Crake, F. (2019). A Discourse Analysis Approach to Public Speaking Genres. In: Public Speaking and the New Oratory. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22086-0_3

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