HOMOSASSA, Fla., May 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the intent of promoting clearer, more effective communication, Roger G. Pinette develops an expansive collection on popular figures of speech and other facets of communication in his informative book published through Xlibris, On Modes of Communication.
Pinette helps speakers and writers become more colorful, emphatic and expressive communicators by helping enhance the vocabulary -- every communicator's most essential tool. He endeavors to document the creatively varied modes of communication used in the English language, compiling an extensive list of metaphors, idioms, sayings, epigrams and one-word tropes together with their meanings. He organizes this list according to kind, purpose, history, and usage. As well, Pinette provides a brief outline of the history of communication, from the onset of language to the groundbreaking Internet, and includes major historical events on modes of communication. Also included are some of the recognized alphabets, like Greek, Phonetic and Deaf Blind Manual, and other facets of communication like the International Morse Code, Semaphore Flag Codes and Ship's Bells Codes. To boot, Pinette directs readers to classic, tried-and-tested sources of expressions, sayings and quotes from a list of recommended readings by some well-known names as Pope, Wordsworth, Twain and Longfellow, to name a few.
On Modes of Communication will expose readers to the notions of employing concepts, imagery, perspectives and symbolism in order for them to understand unfamiliar communicative expressions they may encounter in the future, and more importantly, enable them to employ similar options of expression in conveyances while aiming for originality and emphasis. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Roger has consistently undertaken challenging assignments with undaunted courage. A bilingual native of Topsham-Brunswick, Maine, he was one merit badge (Bird Study) short of Eagle Scout at age 14, during the Great Depression. Finishing high school in 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and graduated with pilot wings at Columbus, MS., on September 8, 1944. He served in the 8th Air Force in England and then in Japan after the war. He entered Bowdoin College in June 1947, graduating in June 1950, in Chemistry.
For more than forty years, he became broadly engaged as a polymer chemist and research engineer with custom manufacturers such as Millipore Corp. and New England Tape Co; Also, with national Wire & Cable Co's: General Cable; Belden; and Times Fiber Communications. In 1989, he went into semi-retirement and published technical articles in SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers), Annual Technical Conferences (Antecs) and the Journal of Vinyl Technology in1990-91. He also served as a consultant notably with Group Dekko International in Kendallville, Indiana, retiring again in 1993. He lives with his wife, Sheila, in Homosassa, Florida.
On Modes of Communication * by Roger G. Pinette
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Publication Date: May 16, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 213 pages; 978-1-4415-1661-9
Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 213 pages; 978-1-4415-1662-6
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