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  2. Prestige (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The prestige given to r was also evident in the hypercorrection observed in lower-class speech. Knowing that r -pronunciation was a prestigious trait, many of the lower-class speakers in another Labov study—in which speakers were asked to read from word lists—added -r to words that did not have an r at all.

  3. List of prestige dialects - Wikipedia

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    Urdu – Modern Standard Urdu is a prestige dialect of the Hindustani language, spoken in and around the northern Indian city of Lucknow. [24] [25] [26] Since a large part of the Urdu-speaking population from this area migrated to the area around Karachi during the 1947 Partition of India, this variety has also become the prestige accent in ...

  4. Covert prestige - Wikipedia

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    Covert prestige refers to the relatively high value placed towards a non-standard form of a variety in a speech community. This concept was pioneered by the linguist William Labov, in his study of New York City English speakers that while high linguistic prestige is usually more associated with standard forms of language, this pattern also implies that a similar one should exist for working ...

  5. Dual strategies theory - Wikipedia

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    An example of this is that prestige based leaders signal their status with an upwards head tilt versus a downward head tilt for dominance based leaders. [34] Humans use voice changes to signal status relationships with deepening vocal pitch during peer interactions indicating higher social rank. [ 35 ]

  6. Testimony - Wikipedia

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    What does the Bible say about testimony? "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Rom. 10:10). "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony" (Rev. 12:11). —Catechism of the Pillar of Fire Church [12]

  7. The Common Topics - Wikipedia

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    Topics (c. 350 BC) De Inventione (84 BC) Rhetorica ad Herennium (80 BC) De Oratore (55 BC) A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions (c. 50 BC) De Optimo Genere Oratorum (46 BC) Orator (46 BC) On the Sublime (c. 50) Institutio Oratoria (95) Panegyrici Latini (100–400) Dialogus de oratoribus (102) De doctrina Christiana (426) De vulgari ...

  8. List of speeches - Wikipedia

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    1858: A House Divided, in which candidate for the U.S. Senate Abraham Lincoln, speaking of the pre-Civil War United States, quoted Matthew 12:25 and said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." 1858: American Infidelity, an anti-slavery speech delivered in the United States Congress by Joshua Giddings; 1859: Abolitionist John Brown's ...

  9. Extemporaneous speaking - Wikipedia

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    Extemporaneous Speaking (Extemp, or EXT) is a speech delivery style/speaking style, and a term that identifies a specific forensic competition.The competition is a speech event based on research and original analysis, done with a limited-preparation; in the United States those competitions are held for high school and college students.