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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state of being a hearer; hearers collectively; audience; listenership..
Hence also it is said : — "More than any earthly power, "More than all the joys of heaven, "More than rule o'er all the worlds," Is the fruit of 'Hearership.' [...]"
And, wedged in between sinner and heretic, critic and doubter, and all the motley elements of the casual hearership, are the citizens of this Zion — young people joining in the service with palpable zest; [...]
Gaze is central to these processes and Goodwin (1981) has shown both that the addressee's gaze towards the speaker is central in establishing hearership and that in the normal course of a speaking turn the addressee should bring his/her [...]
Zimmerman draws attention to the other side of Goffman's concept of footing, "participation framework," which Goffman divides into addressed or unaddressed hearership and a ratified or unratified hearership.
Use hearership when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hearership means The state of being a hearer; hearers collectively; audience; listenership..
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Hence also it is said : — "More than any earthly power, "More than all the joys of heaven, "More than rule o'er all the worlds," Is the fruit of 'Hearership.' [...]"
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