A dictionary of quotations about communication / compiled and edited by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nowlan, Robert A.

Nowlan, Gwendolyn Wright, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations.

Quotations, English.

Physical Description:

x, 337 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2000]

Contents:

1. Accent 7

2. Achievement 8

3. Action 8

4. Actors 9

5. Advice 10

6. Affectation 11

7. Allegory 11

8. Analogy 12

9. Anecdote 12

10. Angels 13

11. Animals 13

12. Answers 14

13. Antiquity 15

14. Aphorism 16

15. Apology 17

16. Apothegms 18

17. Applause 18

18. Argument 19

19. Art and Artists 21

20. Assumption 22

21. Audience 22

22. Baby and Baby Talk 24

23. Ballads 24

24. Bards and Bardolatry 25

25. Beauty 27

26. Belief 28

27. Bible 29

28. Boasting 30

29. Bon Mots 31

30. Books 32

31. Boredom and Bores 33

32. Boys 34

33. Brain 35

34. Brevity 35

35. Business 36

36. Candor 37

37. Chatter 37

38. Children 38

39. Civilization 39

40. Clarity 40

41. Cleverness 40

42. Cliche 41

43. Comedy 42

44. Communication 42

45. Comparisons 43

46. Complaint 43

47. Compliment 44

48. Concealment 45

49. Conclusion 45

50. Confession 46

51. Conversation 46

52. Courage 48

53. Courtesy 49

54. Criticism 49

55. Cruelty 50

56. Curiosity 50

57. Cursing and Swearing 51

58. Cynics and Cynicism 52

59. Dance 52

60. Death 52

61. Definition 53

62. Devil 54

63. Dialect 54

64. Dialogue 54

65. Differences 55

66. Diplomats and Diplomacy 55

67. Discussion 56

68. Dispute 57

69. Double-Entendre 58

70. Doubt 58

71. Dreams 58

72. Ear 59

73. Echo 60

74. Education 60

75. Eloquence 61

76. Emotion 63

77. Entertainment 64

78. Enunciation 65

79. Epic 65

80. Epigram 65

81. Eulogies and Epitaphs 66

82. Euphemisms 67

83. Exaggeration and Hyperbole 68

84. Excuses 69

85. Experience 69

86. Explanation 70

87. Fable 70

88. Facts 72

89. Fairies 72

90. Fairy Tales 73

91. Fantasy 76

92. Farce 77

93. Fathers 78

94. Fear 78

95. Fiction 79

96. Flattery 80

97. Folk Music 81

98. Folklore 82

99. Fools and Folly 83

100. Forensics 84

101. Generalization 84

102. Gentlemen 85

103. Ghosts 86

104. Giants 86

105. Girls 87

106. God 87

107. Gods 88

108. Gossip 89

109. Grammar 91

110. Griots 92

111. Hearing 93

112. Heart 94

113. Heresy and Heretics 95

114. Heroes 95

115. Historians 96

116. History 96

117. Honesty 98

118. Honor 99

119. Humor 99

120. Hypocrisy 100

121. Iconoclasts 100

122. Ideals and Idealists 101

123. Ideas 101

124. Identity 102

125. Ignorance 102

126. Illusion 103

127. Imagination 104

128. Imitation 105

129. Immortality 106

130. Improvisation 106

131. Indignation 107

132. Information 107

133. Instruction 108

134. Instrument 108

135. Insults 108

136. Interests 109

137. Irony 110

138. Jargon 110

139. Jests and Jesters 111

140. Jokes 112

141. Judgment 113

142. Kindness 114

143. Kings and Queens 115

144. Kisses 115

145. Knowledge 116

146. Ladies 118

147. Language 118

148. Laughter 120

149. Law 122

150. Lawyers 123

151. Lectures 125

152. Legends 127

153. Liars and Lying 128

154. Lies 130

155. Life 130

156. Limericks 132

157. Linguistics 133

158. Listening 134

159. Literature 136

160. Love 137

161. Madness 139

162. Magic 140

163. Man and Men 140

164. Marriage 141

165. Maxims 143

166. Meaning 144

167. Media 145

168. Medicine 146

169. Memory 146

170. Mermaids 147

171. Metaphor 147

172. Mind 148

173. Minstrels 149

174. Miracles 150

175. Monologues 151

176. Moral 151

177. Morality 152

178. Mothers 152

179. Mouth 153

180. Movies 154

181. Music 156

182. Mystery 157

183. Myth 158

184. Mythology 160

185. Name 161

186. Narration 162

187. Nature 163

188. News 164

189. Noise 164

190. Nonsense 165

191. Nostalgia 166

192. Nothing 166

193. Nursery Rhymes 167

194. Oath 168

195. Observation 169

196. Opinion 169

197. Oral Tradition 170

198. Oratory and Orators 171

199. Parables 173

200. Parody 173

201. Pathos 174

202. Pedantry 174

203. People 175

204. Performance 176

205. Persuasion 176

206. Philosophy 177

207. Platitude 178

208. Poetry 179

209. Poets 181

210. Politicians 182

211. Politics 184

212. Power 185

213. Praise 185

214. Prayer 186

215. Preachers 187

216. Preaching 188

217. Prejudice 189

218. Problems 190

219. Professors and Professing 190

220. Pronunciation 192

221. Propaganda 193

222. Prophecy and Prophets 193

223. Prose 194

224. Proverbs 195

225. Puns 196

226. Quarrels 198

227. Questions 199

228. Quotations 200

229. Radio 201

230. Rationalization 202

231. Reading 203

232. Reality 203

233. Reason 204

234. Religion 205

235. Remarks 206

236. Repartee 206

237. Repetition 207

238. Reputation 207

239. Resolution 208

240. Rhetoric 208

241. Rhyme 209

242. Riddles 210

243. Ridicule 210

244. Romance 211

245. Rules 211

246. Rumor 212

247. Sadness 213

248. Sarcasm 213

249. Satire 214

250. Sayings 215

251. Scandal 216

252. Science 217

253. Secret 218

254. Sense 218

255. Sentences 219

256. Sermons 220

257. Sigh 221

258. Silence 221

259. Simile 223

260. Sins and Sinners 223

261. Slander 224

262. Slang 225

263. Sleep 225

264. Society 226

265. Song and Singing 226

266. Sorrow 227

267. Sound 228

268. Speech and Speaking 229

269. Speeches and Speechmaking 230

270. Stories 232

271. Storytelling and Storytellers 236

272. Students and Studies 240

273. Stupidity 241

274. Style 242

275. Subject 243

276. Success 243

277. Syllables 244

278. Symbols 245

279. Sympathy 245

280. Tact 246

281. Tale 247

282. Talk and Talkativeness 250

283. Teachers 252

284. Teaching 253

285. Tears 254

286. Telephone 255

287. Television 255

288. Theater 256

289. Theology 257

290. Thinking 258

291. Thoughts 259

292. Time 260

293. Toasts 262

294. Tongue 262

295. Tradition 264

296. Tragedy 265

297. Trickery 266

298. Truth 266

299. Understanding 269

300. Universe and Universality 270

301. Vanity 271

302. Verbosity 271

303. Verse 272

304. Vocabulary 273

305. voice 274

306. Wisdom 275

307. Wit 276

308. Witticisms 278

309. Women 279

310. Words 280

311. The World 284

312. Writers 284

313. Writing 285

314. Youth 286.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0786407670

OCLC:

43542206