Rhetoric in Detail

Name: Rhetoric in Detail | Discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text
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Discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text

Barbara Johnstone Christopher Eisenhart(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 29. Oktober 2008

VIII, 330 Seiten

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Rhetoric in Detail
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Dedication
Table of contents
Introduction
Discourse analysis and rhetorical studies
Overview
Methods and issues in North American rhetorical studies
Context and agency
Style and argument
What is discourse analysis?
A heuristic approach to discourse
Locating the heuristic in rhetorical theory
Discourse analysis in contemporary research in rhetoric
Chapter themes
The intellectual history of this book
References
Style and legitimation
Studying style and legitimation
References
Talking the (political) talk
Political legitimacy across disciplines: From rhetoric to critical discourse analysis
Case study
Historical context
Modality
Transitivity
Conclusion
References
Reporting Waco
The government report as genre
Entextualizing bureaucratic structure
Characters, actions, and responsibilities in the reports
Naming conventions and spatial relations
Eliding expertise and authorship
Distinct causal narratives: Institutional v. individual
Institutional authority, action, & responsibility in the Justice Report
Individual agency in the Treasury Report
Differences between the two reports
Conclusion
References
The rhetoric of temporality
Introduction
The future in discourse
The future in deliberative rhetoric
Analytic framework and data
Analysis
Global warming and human health: From distal future realities to proximal future action
Constructing a future fact, projecting future reality
Consequences of the future: Suppressing conditionality and contingency
Responding to the future: Transitioning from ``will be'' to ``must''
National Security Strategy: Making the case for preemptive war
From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism: Construing the past, projecting the future
Construing imminence: Conflating present character with future action
Conclusion
References
The intertextual forging of epideictic discourse
Introduction
Epideictic discourse in transitional contexts
Contingency in the TRC amnesty accounts
Purpose as intertextual dynamic
Two amnesty applicants' initial statements
Intertextual shaping of talk about victims
Construals of victims and responsibility for human rights violations
Abbreviations
References
Identity and agency
Studying identity and agency
References
Muted voices
Introduction
Rhetorical agency and critical discourse analysis
Case study: The debate over cochlear implants
Agency in news articles about cochlear implants
Technological agency and the miracle cure
Sandwiching: Muting Deaf voices at the macro level
Speaking for the Deaf community
Representing sign language and reaffirming ``common sense''
Representing the Deaf community as the oppressor
Resisting from the margins
Conclusion
References
American humor'' versus "Indian humor''
Introduction
Background
Methods
The participants and the setting
The group conversation
Reported speech, summary quotes, and the construction of a prototypical group member
Sense of humor, culture, and the crystallization of in-group allegiance and out-group distinction
What do the findings suggest?
The one-on-one conversations
Group conversation and one-on-one conversations: Identity and rhetorical situation
References
Ethos and narrative in online educational chat
Introduction
Dataset
General discourse patterns
Narratives
Narrative micro-level strategies
Narrative macro-level strategies
Discussion
References
Disciplinary rhetorics, rhetorical agency, and the construction of voice
Introduction
Identifying rhetorical agency
Context of the study
Methodology
Data collection
Coding
Rhetorical agency, problem analysis, and decision-making
Agency in analyzing decisions
Agency in manipulating knowledge
Recognizing expertise
Constructing and testing a support system
Extricating embedded knowledge
Conclusions
Appendix
Outline of What's Your Plan?
References
Entextualizing controversy
Studying entextualization and controversy
References
How a media controversy can influence a scientific publication
Reparative therapy and the Spitzer study
Articulating the rhetoric of science with Critical Discourse Analysis
Data and method
Interdiscursive influences in framing Spitzer's study in a scientific order of discourse
Editorial introduction
Spitzer's literature review
Argumentative responses to the 2001 media controversy
Deletions
Micro-rhetorical shifts
Macro-rhetorical argumentative strategies
Peer commentaries
Conclusion
References
Controversy as a media event category
Introduction
``Controversy'' as an event category
Events in media texts
Terms for events in media texts
The sociology of media
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
``Event categories'' in the media
The generic level
The textual level
The lexicogrammatical level
Design and method
The corpus
Results and analysis
Quantitative results and analysis
Qualitative results and analysis
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Analyzing everyday talk about social issues
Introduction
Theorizing heuretric engagement
Design of the study
The observation
Findings: Contexts for heuretic engagement
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture

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