Politics & rhetoric : coming to terms with terms / George E. Yoos.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230617468
- 9780230617469
- Politics and rhetoric
- 808.001 22
- P301.5.P67 Y66 2009
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808.001 STE Understanding metaphor in literature : an empirical approach / | 808.001 STR The history of rhetoric and the rhetoric of history / | 808.001 TAN The argument culture : moving from debate to dialogue / | 808.001 YOO Politics & rhetoric : coming to terms with terms / | 808.0014 FOW Linguistic criticism / | 808.0014 GEN Narrative discourse : an essay in method / | 808.0014 PAL Genre, frames and writing in research settings. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
One-sided rhetorical critiques about meaning -- What is the meaning of life? -- Making and discovering meaning -- The meaning of what you would like to mean -- Language use and language usage -- Rhetorical use and usage -- Limits of a code theory of language -- Definitional proposals and definitional reports -- An inferential theory of language -- Figurative and literal language -- Interpretation and definition as umbrella terms -- Interpretation and definition as correlative terms -- Contrasts between definitions and interpretations -- Nominal, conceptual, and real definitions -- Rhetorical definition as a generic term : talking and walking the talk -- Logical definitions by class and differentia -- Logical definitions by necessary and sufficient conditions -- Pigeonholes and rational numbers -- Coming to terms with terms about application and control -- Interpretations as hypotheses and the contexts of interpretation in rhetorical criticism.
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