Epistemic Implications of Engineering Rhetoric by Bucciarelli, Louis

“…A technical treatise is not devoid of metaphor or creative rendering of events; there is always a narrative within which worldly data and instrumental logic is embedded - but it is a story in which the passive voice prevails, history is irrelevant, and the human actor or agent is painted in quantitative parameters fitting the occasion. Whether this rhetoric can be sustained in the face of challenges to traditional ways of doing engineering is an open question.…”
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The rhetorical use of the Tibetan ergative by Tournadre, Nicolas

“…Besides its semantic and syntactic functions the ergative also has a rhetorical effect that will be examined below. First we will consider the standard function.…”
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James Joyce and the rhetoric of translation by McMurren, B, McMurren, Blair Robert

“…In identifying a translation ethic arising out of the modernist aesthetic, the thesis postulates a rhetoric of translation by analogy with Booth's <em>The Rhetoric of Fiction</em>. …”

The political rhetoric of parity of esteem by James Relly, S

“…This paper questions whether the term parity of esteem is useful or simply political rhetoric. It argues that parity of esteem is unachievable when one of the routes is regarded without much esteem at all, and that political rhetoric focussing on social mobility through education, specifically higher education as a means to achieving it, actively undermines the vocational route, making parity of the routes a political pipe dream.…”

Tragedy, rhetoric, and performance culture by Pelling, C

Party competition and emotive rhetoric by Kosmidis, S, Hobolt, S, Molloy, A, Whitefield, S

“…When do parties use emotive rhetoric to appeal to voters? In this article, we argue that politicians are more likely to employ positive affect (valence) in their rhetoric to appeal to voters when parties are not ideologically distinct and when there is uncertainty about public preferences. …”

Rhetoric of persuasion in religious talk by Abdul Malik, Badrol Hisham, Abdullah, Muhd Alif Redzuan, Wan Ahmad, Wan Noor Aini

“…This study is a descriptive study that uses Modern Rhetoric Theory by Enos and Brown (1993) as the basis of the study. …”

The Historical Approach to New Testament Rhetorical Criticism: A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 15 by Timothy J. Christian

Subjects: “…rhetoric…”
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Discourse-Rhetorical Strategies of Pauline Epistles: Rhetorical Situation Theory Approach to the Book of First Thessalonians by Simeon Ndubuisi Chidume, Isaiah I. Agbo

“…This study uses the following discourse-rhetorical theories in its analysis: elements of Aristotelian Rhetoric, particularly Logos, and Bitzer’s Rhetorical Situation Theory. …”
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The Evolution of Rhetorical Theory from Greece to Rome: The Similarities and Differences of Aristotle’s Theory of Rhetoric and that of Romans by Mohammad Ahmadi

Subjects: “…classical rhetoric…”
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The Concept of ‘Rhetoric’ in a Linguistic Perspective: Historical, Systematic, and Theoretical Aspects of Rhetoric as Formal Language Usage by Fee-Alexandra Haase

“…We present as the concept ‘rhetoric’ a specifi c mode of linguistic communication in ‘rhetoricized’ expressions of a natural language. …”
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PLENARY SESSION IV. Rhetorics in Media Studies – Media Studies in Rhetorics. A Counter-Statement to Depoliticizations by Brummett Barry

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When rhetorical questions receive answers: on different types of answers to rhetorical questions in US presidential debates by Džemal Špago

Globalizing Rhetoric: Using Rhetorical Concepts to Identify and Analyze Cultural Expectations (Specialized Knowledge) Related to Genres by Kirk St. Amant

“…This article examines how the rhetorical factors of the forum, ethos, and the special topics provide a mechanism for identifying and analyzing such differences.…”
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Writing arguments : a rhetoric with readings / by 281142 Ramage, John D., Bean, John C.

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Communication as action : an introduction to rhetoric and communication /

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Developing composition skills : rhetoric and grammar / by 375182 Ruetten, Mary K.

Reading rhetorically : a reader for writers / by 268770 Bean, John C., Chappell, Virginia A., Gillam, Alice M.

Writing arguments : a rhetoric with readings / by 281142 Ramage, John D., Bean, John C.

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Circles of influence : a writer's rhetoric / by 289972 Vivion, Michael J., Morgan, Sarah