speaking-to

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Sensuous vulnerability is the locus of the birth of signification, understood as approaching or speaking-to another (whether words are actually spoken or not).

Emmanuel Levinas Bergo, Bettina 2007
The man who impresses his audience can safely conclude that he has at least interested them, and that is the most essential thing in good speaking-to have something to say.

Public SpeakingGood, Bad and Indifferent 1922