Vernacular eloquence
Subtitle: what speech can bring to writing
By: Peter Elbow
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780199782505; 9780199782512
Subjects: Rhetoric; Style; Language and languages; Narration (Rhetoric)
Description: Speech, with its spontaneity, naturalness of expression, and fluidity of thought, has many overlooked linguistic and rhetorical merits. Through several easy to employ techniques, writers can marshal this "wisdom of the tongue" to produce stronger, clearer, more natural writing.