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Rhetorical theory : an introduction / Timothy A. Borchers.

By: Borchers, Timothy A.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson / Wadsworth, c2006Description: xxi, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0534639186 (pbk.).Subject(s): RhetoricDDC classification: 808.001
Contents:
I: The nature of rhetoric: 1. Defining rhetoric and rhetorical theory -- II: Important rhetorical functions: 2. Rhetoric as persuasion - 3. Style, delivery, and rhetorical theory - 4. Rhetoric, science and argumentation -- III: Linguistic reflexivity: 5. Rhetoric and meaning - 6. Dramatism -- IV: Rhetoric, culture, and power: 7. Critical approaches to rhetoric - 8. Gendered rhetorical theories - 9. Non-western rhetorical theories -- V: Fragments of rhetoric: 10. Rhetoric, media, and technology - 11. Postmodern approaches to rhetoric - 12. Cultural rhetorical studies -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337) and index.

I: The nature of rhetoric: 1. Defining rhetoric and rhetorical theory -- II: Important rhetorical functions: 2. Rhetoric as persuasion - 3. Style, delivery, and rhetorical theory - 4. Rhetoric, science and argumentation -- III: Linguistic reflexivity: 5. Rhetoric and meaning - 6. Dramatism -- IV: Rhetoric, culture, and power: 7. Critical approaches to rhetoric - 8. Gendered rhetorical theories - 9. Non-western rhetorical theories -- V: Fragments of rhetoric: 10. Rhetoric, media, and technology - 11. Postmodern approaches to rhetoric - 12. Cultural rhetorical studies -- Appendix -- References -- Index.