Symeon Stylites the Younger and his cult in context: hagiography and society in sixth- to seventh-century Byzantium by Parker, LAR

“…The second chapter turns to the first text associated with Symeon's cult, the sermon collection attributed to the stylite, which reveals how a holy man could construct his own spiritual authority through powerful rhetoric. Starkly polarised in his thought, Symeon eschews the compromises adopted by many clerical preachers, focusing on the opposition of demon and monk, rich and poor, and heaven and hell. …”

Sade by Warman, C

“…Persuasion: the <em>philosophe</em>’s rhetorical profile<br/> 4. Sade’s system<br/> 5. ‘Comme fondu dans le fonds commun’: clandestine and libertine ingredients in the Sadean melting pot<br/> 6. …”

Science, scientism, and pseudoscience in die Reihe by McBride, N

“…In the same way, the rhetoric of <em>die Reihe</em>’s chief editor, Herbert Eimert, indicates an epistemological stance that is consistent with scientistic values. …”

Civil society knowledge networks by Fouksman, E

“…How do local communities interact with, change, implement or ignore the values, knowledge and rhetoric of global movements? How are communities shaped by these discourses and what role do they have in informing the discourses themselves?…”

New Songdo City, or, the potentiality of Asian urbanism(s) by Choi, L

“…</p> <p>Urban expressions are made evident by various entwined urban rhetorics and worlding practices that operationalize multiple mediums of communication. …”

The politics of health care reform in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of the Czech Republic by Ovseiko, P

“…The results demonstrate that, while historical legacies and liberal ideas featured prominently in the rhetoric accompanying health policy change, in Realpolitik, these were merely the disposable, instrumental devices of opportunistic, self-interested elites. …”

Sub-imperialism in crisis? South Africa's government-business-media complex and the geographies of resistance by van der Merwe, J

“…In order to assess the current state of SA’s sub-imperialism, case studies were taken from the following four areas which cover crucial aspects of SA’s post-apartheid engagement with the region: SA’s parastatal expansion (Eskom); SA’s peacemaking role (Zimbabwe); SA’s state-driven rhetoric of multiculturalism and tolerance (xenophobia); and SA’s hosting of mega-events (2010 Football World Cup). …”

Self-justification and its uses for Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu by Wassenaar, I

“…Part Two concentrates on rhetoric, metaphor and characterization. Chapter II argues that the rhetorical trope of digression offers elastic possibilities for self-justificatory evasiveness, defeated by narrative progression. …”

Government beyond law: exploring charity regulation and spaces of order in China by Kloeden, A, Anna Kloeden

“…This has led to the emergence of a delicate balance between top-down official discourse, rhetoric and law, and bottom-up pragmatic considerations. …”

Paperscapes: navigating books in Early Modern England by Wilson, G

“…The chapters focus on the paper volvelles that direct readers around George Wither’s <em>Collection of Emblemes</em> (1635), whose verse enables spiritual as well as bibliographic modes of navigation; on the stories that imprints tell about paper’s journeys through the city, which collide with the textual routes of James Howell’s <em>Londinopolis</em> (1657); on the moving sheets and books which trouble the rhetoric of Samuel Pepys’ aspirationally static library; and on the global narratives of circulation in which John Taylor’s <em>The Praise of Hempseed</em> (1620) implicates paper. …”

Truth and historiographical aims in Polybius' histories by Monti, GAA

“…</p> <p>The linguistic analysis of the Polybian terminology and the close look at his style and narrative technique illustrate how he employs diverse narrative and oratorical devices, how he mixes references to history, philosophy, tragedy, and rhetoric to invent new words and concepts (which have been defined as Polybian neologisms), and how he plays on different levels with his readers (a special kind of readers, the ‘lovers of learning’). …”

Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and the Autonomous Rights of Sabah and Sarawak in Historical Context and GE-14 by A Rahman Tang Abdullah, Pandikar Amin Mulia

“…Based on this framework, it can be identified that MA63 which had been exploited in GE-14 was merely a political rhetoric. This is because the understanding towards MA63 had been applied in anachronistic manner due to the complexity in relating the historical document and event to contemporary context.…”
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Metaphorical expressions and ethical appeals in Said Nursi's Damascus Sermon by Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas, Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem, Mohd Kasim, Zalina, Mohamad Ali, Afida, Gulerce, Hakan

“…This study sets an antecedent for future studies on conceptual metaphors in religious discourse as a mechanism for rhetorical appeals.…”
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Pyramid of argumentation: towards an integrated model for teaching and assessing ESL writing by Nimehchisalem, Vahid

“…The four sides of the pyramid, logos, ethos, rhetorical situation, as well as style and arrangement represent adapted version of the Classical Rhetoric as re-introduced by Crowley (1994) and Kinneavy (1971). …”
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Immigration in the United States 2016 presidential debates: a functional analysis by Yaseen, Ahmed Hasani, Mohamad Ali, Afida, Mohd Kasim, Zalina

“…The three presidential debates in the U.S., which occur every four years, remain as the most sensitive political rhetoric that lead to the election of the next U.S. …”
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Perspectives of EFL Doctoral Students on Challenges of Citations in Academic Writing by Jomaa, Nayef Jomaa, Bidin, Siti Jamilah

“…Methodology - The study, which falls under New Rhetoric studies, involved conducting individual discourse-based interviews with six male Arab doctoral students who were selected purposefully from the Information Technology department of a Malaysian public university. …”
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Exploring the interplay of mode of discourse and proficiency level in ESL writing performance by Md. Rashid, Sabariah, Heng, Chan Swee

“…Recent theory in discourse and practice in rhetoric has suggested that writers require different skills and strategies when writing for different purposes, and in using different genres and modes (Kinneavy, 1972; Carrell and Connor, 1991) in writing. …”
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The Influence of the Common Semitic in the Hebrew Translation of to the Meanings of the Holy Quran: Ory Rodin's Translation Al-Bakarah Surah as an Example المشترك السامي وأثره في ا... by Ali Sudad Ja'far علي سداد جعفر

“…The Holy Qur’an is not the same as a book of rhetoric, meaning and composition. The meaning alone cannot be considered a Qur’an but rather in its pronunciation and its meaning is a Arabic Qur’an. …”
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The limits of the law and literature movement: An example of Sophocles by Avramović Dragutin S., Jovanov Ilija D.

“…Beside many contemporary scholars, Aristotle is explicit in his Rhetoric (Aristotle, Rhetoric, 1, 13, 2) that Antigone addresses to natural law when she says that it is just, but forbidden to bury Polynices. …”
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Analysis of the critical discourse in the” tholathyah alwasiyah”by Khalil Hassan Khalil is the basis of‘Van Dijk’theory by Raja Abuali, Shahrzad Amirsoleymani

“…The producer of the discourse employed many linguistic and rhetorical strategies to represent the prevailing inequality in Egypt In the period in which the events of the novels took place. …”
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