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Slides from the first Library mini-lecture for the GCPS 1005 Public Speaking course
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developmental material for speeches
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definitionan explanation of the meaning of a word
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Your speech is made of wordsto project your ideas
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To accept your ideas, your audience needs to understand your words
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classification + differentiation definition
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definition by example
Define by…
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comparison + contrast definition
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other methods
definition by etymology
synonyms and antonyms
negation
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whereto find definitions
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• contains brief explanatory notes for words or terms
• arranged alphabetically
DICTIONARYa dictionary is
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online or in print
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types of dictionary
Language dictionaries
Subject dictionaries
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Language dictionary
• Lists words of a language• Alphabetical order• Orthography• Syllabification• Pronunciation• Etymology• Definition• Standard usage• (Synonyms)• (Antonyms)
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Subject dictionary
• contains brief explanatory notes for terms and topics
• related to a specific subject• arranged alphabetically• increasingly online• sometimes, encyclopedias
call themselves dictionaries
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• book or numbered set of books• contain authoritative summary
information on a variety of topics• in the form of short essays• arranged alphabetically by
headword or classification
ENCYCLOPEDIASan encyclopedia is
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general specialised
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A key feature of encyclopedias• may have list of references for
further reading
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search toolsfor finding definitions
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Check it
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• metadictionary of 900 online dictionaries• indexes English words and phrases
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Simultaneously search these excellent dictionaries:• Australian Oxford Dictionary• Canadian Oxford Dictionary• New Oxford American Dictionary• The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary• Oxford Dictionary of English• Oxford Paperback Thesaurus• Pocket Oxford American Thesaurus
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Oxford Reference – The OED
• Oxford English Dictionary• Created in 1857 in Britain• Best etymological analysis of English language• Authority on evolution of the English language
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library.hkbu.edu.hk
Do keyword search:
dictionary geography
dictionary food
dictionary english slang
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Do keyword search:
encyclopedia linguistics
encyclopedia food drink
encyclopedia bad taste
Also try:
dictionary linguistics
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Links to all of the materials covered (and a few more!) are available on the course guide:
http://hkbu.libguides.com/GCPS1005
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resources
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image creditsAdditional image credits
Slide 4: Illegible Dutch Handwriting [Artifact]. (2009). Retrieved from http://dutchparisblog.com/?p=23
Slide 4: START Gallery. (2010). Community members and WFU students and faculty listen intently during Rives' artist talk [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/53789985@N06/4974610603/in/photolist-8zAbqk-8zDkuS-8zDkRU
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