Public Speech: The DeGarmo Lecture for 1993

Creator

Thomas F. Green

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

February 1994

Abstract

The State is constituted by law; the public by public speech. But "What makes public speech public?" Two views are contrasted: the forum view by which speech is public only if it is truth functional, and the idea of umbilical narratives in which speech is public when placed in some community of memory. Offered instead is the auditory principle, namely that speech is public when what is said by A is heard by B as candidate for B's speech. This principle is explored and applied and currently popular fallacies of public speech are exposed.

Extent

15

Volume

2

Issue

4

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00020

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Green, Thomas F., "Public Speech: The DeGarmo Lecture for 1993" (1994). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 269.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/269