Hearing attitude and purpose in tone and word choice
Speakers rarely state their attitude outright. Read doubt, objection, agreement, caution, irony and purpose from the words they choose.
8 min
Module 32 · Lesson 4 of 5
In this lesson
- Infer a speaker’s attitude from softened, hedged or ironic language.
- Identify why a speaker mentions an example.
- Follow a discussion to its final decision.
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