Background
Black, John Wilson was born on February 9, 1906 in Veedersburg, Indiana, United States. Son of George Keys and Hattie Lee (Wilson) Black.
(The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teach...)
The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teaching of public speaking in America. That it is comprised of occasion, speaker, and topic is a gross oversimplification. It also includes challenge, anxiety, emotion, fear, responsibility, faults of memory, and instants of pride. Out of the circumstances arise an increase in heart rate, a change in blood pressure, an abnormal pattern of breathing, a noticeable build up in perspiration, and an ongoing evaluation. For students this may be merely a grade or perhaps a series of evaluative remarks, possibly addressed both to the speaker and the other participants, the audience. It may entail a replaying of a record of the speech, indeed a videotape. Most important is the lasting impression that remains with all of the participants. What of the vocabulary of the speaker under the circumstances of the speech situation? This speaker - in the major portions of this work we may say, "this young man" - has spent time seeking an appropriate topic. He has outlined a composition around a central idea or thesis. He has marshaled evidence, details. He has framed an opening paragraph. He has been admonished not to give an essay, but to strive for audience contact, interpersonal communication. He makes his audible approach through his vocabulary and accompanying phonology. Under the tension, the speaker repeats; he adds meaningless vocalizations in periods that might logically be pauses. There are slips of the tongue. At worst, failing, he withdraws to await another day.
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Black, John Wilson was born on February 9, 1906 in Veedersburg, Indiana, United States. Son of George Keys and Hattie Lee (Wilson) Black.
Bachelor of Arts, Wabash College, 1927; Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), Wabash College, 1977; Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1935; Honorary Doctor of Science, Bowling Green State University, 1977; Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), Ohio State University, 1982.
Professor speech and rhetoric, Adrian (Michigan) College, 1927-1935;
instructor English, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio., 1935-1936;
professor speech, 1936-1949;
professor speech, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1949-1966;
regents professor speech, Ohio State University, 1966-1976;
emeritus, Ohio State University, 1976-1987. Visiting professor University of Minnesota, summer 1946, Michigan State University, 1977, Texas Southern U., 1978-1979, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1980. Emons professor Ball State University, 1976.
Project director voice communication laboratory National Defense Research Council, Waco, Texas, 1943-1945. Executive secretary Ohio College Association, 1946-1953. Consultant Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, 1962-1966.
(The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teach...)
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Acoustical Society of America, American Speech and Hearing Association (vice president 1964, certificate of merit 1968). Member Speech Communication Association (president 1966), American Psychological Association, Linguistic Society of America, American Association of University Professors, International College Experimental Phonology (president 1971), International Society Phonetic Sciences (honorary vice president 1983-1987), Aerospace Medical Association, Phi Beta Kappa. (honorary).
Married Helen Harrington, August 21, 1936. Children: Caroline (Mistress Philip Utley), Richard Willis, Constance (Mistress Dennis Nagle), Charlotte.