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  2. Formulaic language - Wikipedia

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    Formulaic language (previously known as automatic speech or embolalia) is a linguistic term for verbal expressions that are fixed in form, often non-literal in meaning with attitudinal nuances, and closely related to communicative-pragmatic context. [1]

  3. Ideal speech situation - Wikipedia

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    An ideal speech situation was a term introduced in the early philosophy of Jürgen Habermas. It argues that an ideal speech situation is found when communication between individuals is governed by basic, implied rules. In an ideal speech situation, participants would be able to evaluate each other’s assertions solely on the basis of reason ...

  4. Memoria - Wikipedia

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    Memoria was the term for aspects involving memory in Western classical rhetoric.The word is Latin, and can be translated as "memory". It was one of five canons in classical rhetoric (the others being inventio, dispositio, elocutio, and pronuntiatio) concerned with the crafting and delivery of speeches and prose.

  5. Memorization - Wikipedia

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    For example, a person wishing to memorize a long sequence of numbers can break the sequence up into chunks of three, allowing them to remember more of the numbers. Similarly, this is how many in North America memorize telephone numbers, by breaking them up into the three sections: an area code, followed by a three-digit number and then a four ...

  6. Individual events (speech) - Wikipedia

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    The public speaking events are typically memorized speeches that can be on any topic the competitor desires. Typically, the same speech is used for the entire competitive season but may not be used in more than one season. [3] For the public speaking events, they are performed with the purpose to use information to relate a message to an audience.

  7. Register (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow prescriptive norms for formal usage than in a casual setting, for example, by pronouncing words ending in -ing with a velar nasal instead of an alveolar nasal ...

  8. John Mulaney Joked That 2 Former “SNL” Hosts 'Committed ...

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    Related: All the SNL Cast Members Who Weren’t at the 50th Special and Why The former SNL writer and six-time host was most likely laughing at previous show hosts O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake ...

  9. Extemporaneous speaking - Wikipedia

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    The extemporaneous speaking delivery style, referred to as "off-the-cuff", [2] is a type of delivery method for a public presentation, that was carefully prepared and practiced but not memorized. [3] Extemporaneous speech is considered to have elements of two other types of speeches, the manuscript (written text that can be read or memorized ...