A Dictionary of Quotations About Communication

by Nowlan, Robert A.; Nowlan, Gwendolyn L.

• ISBN13: 9780786407675
• ISBN10: 0786407670
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Accent	7	(1)
Achievement	8	(1)
Action	8	(1)
Actors	9	(1)
Advice	10	(1)
Affectation	11	(1)
Allegory	11	(1)
Analogy	12	(1)
Anecdote	12	(1)
Angels	13	(1)
Animals	13	(1)
Answers	14	(1)
Antiquity	15	(1)
Aphorism	16	(1)
Apology	17	(1)
Apothegms	18	(1)
Applause	18	(1)
Argument	19	(2)
Art and Artists	21	(1)
Assumption	22	(1)
Audience	22	(2)
Baby and Baby Talk	24	(1)
Ballads	24	(1)
Bards and Bardolatry	25	(2)
Beauty	27	(1)
Belief	28	(1)
Bible	29	(1)
Boasting	30	(1)
Bon Mots	31	(1)
Books	32	(1)
Boredom and Bores	33	(1)
Boys	34	(1)
Brain	35	(1)
Brevity	35	(1)
Business	36	(1)
Candor	37	(1)
Chatter	37	(1)
Children	38	(1)
Civilization	39	(1)
Clarity	40	(1)
Cleverness	40	(1)
Cliche	41	(1)
Comedy	42	(1)
Communication	42	(1)
Comparisons	43	(1)
Complaint	43	(1)
Compliment	44	(1)
Concealment	45	(1)
Conclusion	45	(1)
Confession	46	(1)
Conversation	46	(2)
Courage	48	(1)
Courtesy	49	(1)
Criticism	49	(1)
Cruelty	50	(1)
Curiosity	50	(1)
Cursing and Swearing	51	(1)
Cynics and Cynicism	52	(1)
Dance	52	(1)
Death	52	(1)
Definition	53	(1)
Devil	54	(1)
Dialect	54	(1)
Dialogue	54	(1)
Differences	55	(1)
Diplomats and Diplomacy	55	(1)
Discussion	56	(1)
Dispute	57	(1)
Double-Entendre	58	(1)
Doubt	58	(1)
Dreams	58	(1)
Ear	59	(1)
Echo	60	(1)
Education	60	(1)
Eloquence	61	(2)
Emotion	63	(1)
Entertainment	64	(1)
Enunciation	65	(1)
Epic	65	(1)
Epigram	65	(1)
Eulogies and Epitaphs	66	(1)
Euphemisms	67	(1)
Exaggeration and Hyperbole	68	(1)
Excuses	69	(1)
Experience	69	(1)
Explanation	70	(1)
Fable	70	(2)
Facts	72	(1)
Fairies	72	(1)
Fairy Tales	73	(3)
Fantasy	76	(1)
Farce	77	(1)
Fathers	78	(1)
Fear	78	(1)
Fiction	79	(1)
Flattery	80	(1)
Folk Music	81	(1)
Folklore	82	(1)
Fools and Folly	83	(1)
Forensics	84	(1)
Generalization	84	(1)
Gentlemen	85	(1)
Ghosts	86	(1)
Giants	86	(1)
Girls	87	(1)
God	87	(1)
Gods	88	(1)
Gossip	89	(2)
Grammar	91	(1)
Griots	92	(1)
Hearing	93	(1)
Heart	94	(1)
Heresy and Heretics	95	(1)
Heroes	95	(1)
Historians	96	(1)
History	96	(2)
Honesty	98	(1)
Honor	99	(1)
Humor	99	(1)
Hypocrisy	100	(1)
Iconoclasts	100	(1)
Ideals and Idealists	101	(1)
Ideas	101	(1)
Identity	102	(1)
Ignorance	102	(1)
Illusion	103	(1)
Imagination	104	(1)
Imitation	105	(1)
Immortality	106	(1)
Improvisation	106	(1)
Indignation	107	(1)
Information	107	(1)
Instruction	108	(1)
Instrument	108	(1)
Insults	108	(1)
Interests	109	(1)
Irony	110	(1)
Jargon	110	(1)
Jests and Jesters	111	(1)
Jokes	112	(1)
Judgment	113	(1)
Kindness	114	(1)
Kings and Queens	115	(1)
Kisses	115	(1)
Knowledge	116	(2)
Ladies	118	(1)
Language	118	(2)
Laughter	120	(2)
Law	122	(1)
Lawyers	123	(2)
Lectures	125	(2)
Legends	127	(1)
Liars and Lying	128	(2)
Lies	130	(1)
Life	130	(2)
Limericks	132	(1)
Linguistics	133	(1)
Listening	134	(2)
Literature	136	(1)
Love	137	(2)
Madness	139	(1)
Magic	140	(1)
Man and Men	140	(1)
Marriage	141	(2)
Maxims	143	(1)
Meaning	144	(1)
Media	145	(1)
Medicine	146	(1)
Memory	146	(1)
Mermaids	147	(1)
Metaphor	147	(1)
Mind	148	(1)
Minstrels	149	(1)
Miracles	150	(1)
Monologues	151	(1)
Moral	151	(1)
Morality	152	(1)
Mothers	152	(1)
Mouth	153	(1)
Movies	154	(2)
Music	156	(1)
Mystery	157	(1)
Myth	158	(2)
Mythology	160	(1)
Name	161	(1)
Narration	162	(1)
Nature	163	(1)
News	164	(1)
Noise	164	(1)
Nonsense	165	(1)
Nostalgia	166	(1)
Nothing	166	(1)
Nursery Rhymes	167	(1)
Oath	168	(1)
Observation	169	(1)
Opinion	169	(1)
Oral Tradition	170	(1)
Oratory and Orators	171	(2)
Parables	173	(1)
Parody	173	(1)
Pathos	174	(1)
Pedantry	174	(1)
People	175	(1)
Performance	176	(1)
Persuasion	176	(1)
Philosophy	177	(1)
Platitude	178	(1)
Poetry	179	(2)
Poets	181	(1)
Politicians	182	(2)
Politics	184	(1)
Power	185	(1)
Praise	185	(1)
Prayer	186	(1)
Preachers	187	(1)
Preaching	188	(1)
Prejudice	189	(1)
Problems	190	(1)
Professors and Professing	190	(2)
Pronunciation	192	(1)
Propaganda	193	(1)
Prophecy and Prophets	193	(1)
Prose	194	(1)
Proverbs	195	(1)
Puns	196	(2)
Quarrels	198	(1)
Questions	199	(1)
Quotations	200	(1)
Radio	201	(1)
Rationalization	202	(1)
Reading	203	(1)
Reality	203	(1)
Reason	204	(1)
Religion	205	(1)
Remarks	206	(1)
Repartee	206	(1)
Repetition	207	(1)
Reputation	207	(1)
Resolution	208	(1)
Rhetoric	208	(1)
Rhyme	209	(1)
Riddles	210	(1)
Ridicule	210	(1)
Romance	211	(1)
Rules	211	(1)
Rumor	212	(1)
Sadness	213	(1)
Sarcasm	213	(1)
Satire	214	(1)
Sayings	215	(1)
Scandal	216	(1)
Science	217	(1)
Secret	218	(1)
Sense	218	(1)
Sentences	219	(1)
Sermons	220	(1)
Sigh	221	(1)
Silence	221	(2)
Simile	223	(1)
Sins and Sinners	223	(1)
Slander	224	(1)
Slang	225	(1)
Sleep	225	(1)
Society	226	(1)
Song and Singing	226	(1)
Sorrow	227	(1)
Sound	228	(1)
Speech and Speaking	229	(1)
Speeches and Speechmaking	230	(2)
Stories	232	(4)
Storytelling and Storytellers	236	(4)
Students and Studies	240	(1)
Stupidity	241	(1)
Style	242	(1)
Subject	243	(1)
Success	243	(1)
Syllables	244	(1)
Symbols	245	(1)
Sympathy	245	(1)
Tact	246	(1)
Tale	247	(3)
Talk and Talkativeness	250	(2)
Teachers	252	(1)
Teaching	253	(1)
Tears	254	(1)
Telephone	255	(1)
Television	255	(1)
Theater	256	(1)
Theology	257	(1)
Thinking	258	(1)
Thoughts	259	(1)
Time	260	(2)
Toasts	262	(1)
Tongue	262	(2)
Tradition	264	(1)
Tragedy	265	(1)
Trickery	266	(1)
Truth	266	(3)
Understanding	269	(1)
Universe and Universality	270	(1)
Vanity	271	(1)
Verbosity	271	(1)
Verse	272	(1)
Vocabulary	273	(1)
Voice	274	(1)
Wisdom	275	(1)
Wit	276	(2)
Witticisms	278	(1)
Women	279	(1)
Words	280	(4)
The World	284	(1)
Writers	284	(1)
Writing	285	(1)
Youth	286	(3)
Index of Authors	289	(22)
Key Word Index	311