Abstract
Abstract The art of using speech effectively in addressing an audience within political, legal, ceremonial, or religious settings. In the Western tradition of Greek and Roman rhetoric, oratory is strongly associated with public speaking in political and legal settings, and it is defined as the art of getting the audience to take a particular perspective and eventually to accept the speaker’s position or resolution on a particular issue. In the anthropological and linguistic literature, oratory also refers to the skillful Performance of particular speech genres within ceremonial or magico-religious settings, such as curing sessions, initiation rites, weddings, and funerals. In these contexts the orator’s task may include one or more from a variety of functions that range from interpretation of the occasion to creation of a context in which psychological, social, or even physical change can be said to occur. See also Ethnography Of Speaking.
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