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Comparative Rhetoric: An Historical and Cross-Cultural Introduction (PB, 1997)
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195109333
ISBN-13
9780195109337
eBay Product ID (ePID)
359432
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Comparative Rhetoric : an Historical and Cross-Cultural Introduction
Language
English
Subject
Rhetoric, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
96-033010
Reviews
"Very useful as a research resource in Intercultural Communication."--Diana Peck, William Patterson University, "Perfect for my Rhetoric Survey course. It fills a void in non-Western and pre-Greco-Roman areas. A magnificent book."--Andrew King, Louisiana State University"Timely! A work of scholarly leadership--essential reading."--Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University"Fabulous! This is exactly the type of work needed to place the rhetorical tradition within cross-cultural structures."--J. Rocky Lozavito, Northwestern State University"Very useful as a research resource in Intercultural Communication."--Diana Peck, William Patterson University, "Perfect for my Rhetoric Survey course. It fills a void in non-Western andpre-Greco-Roman areas. A magnificent book."--Andrew King, Louisiana StateUniversity, "Fabulous! This is exactly the type of work needed to place therhetorical tradition within cross-cultural structures."--J. Rocky Lozavito,Northwestern State University, "Perfect for my Rhetoric Survey course. It fills a void in non-Western and pre-Greco-Roman areas. A magnificent book."--Andrew King, Louisiana State University, "Fabulous! This is exactly the type of work needed to place the rhetorical tradition within cross-cultural structures."--J. Rocky Lozavito, Northwestern State University
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
PART I: RHETORIC IN SOCIETIES WITHOUT WRITING1. Rhetoric Among Social Animals2. Rhetorical Factors in the Early Development of Human Language3. Rhetoric in Aboriginal Australian Culture4. Formal Speech in Some Oral Cultures5. North American Indian RhetoricPART II: RHETORIC IN ANCIENT LITERATE SOCIETIES6. Literacy and Rhetoric in the Ancient Near East7. Rhetoric in Ancient China8. Rhetoric in Ancient India9. Rhetoric in Greece and Rome
Synopsis
This is the first book to offer a cross-cultural overview of rhetoric as a universal feature of expression and communication. The author explores analogies to human rhetoric in animal communication, rhetorical factors in the origin of human speech, and rhetorical conventions in traditionally oral societies around the world. The second part of the book discusses rhetoric as understood and practised in early literate cultures, seeking to identify what is unique orunusual in the western tradition., Comparative Rhetoric is the first book to offer a cross-cultural overview of rhetoric as a universal feature of expression, composition, and communication. It begins with a theory of rhetoric as a form of mental and emotional energy which is transmitted from a speaker or writer to an audience or reader through a speech or text. In the first part of the book, George Kennedy explores analogies to human rhetoric in animal communication, possible rhetoricalfactors in the origin of human speech, and rhetorical conventions in traditionally oral societies in Australia, the South Pacific, Africa, and the Americas. Topics discussed include forms of reasoning, thefunction of metaphor, and the forms and uses of formal language. The second part of the book provides an account of rhetoric as understood and practiced in early literate societies in the Near East, China, India, Greece, and Rome, identifying unique or unusual features of Western discourse in comparison to uses elsewhere. The concluding chapter summarizes the results of the study and evaluates the validity of traditional Western rhetorical concepts in describing non-Western rhetoric. Addressing both what is general or common in all rhetorical traditions and what is unique or unusual in the Western tradition, Comparative Rhetoric is ideally suited for courses in rhetoric,rhetoric theory, the history of rhetoric, intercultural communication, linguistic anthropology, and comparative linguistics., Comparative Rhetoric is the first book to offer a cross-cultural overview of rhetoric as a universal feature of expression, composition, and communication. It begins with a theory of rhetoric as a form of mental and emotional energy which is transmitted from a speaker or writer to an audience or reader through a speech or text. In the first part of the book, George Kennedy explores analogies to human rhetoric in animal communication, possible rhetorical factors in the origin of human speech, and rhetorical conventions in traditionally oral societies in Australia, the South Pacific, Africa, and the Americas. Topics discussed include forms of reasoning, the function of metaphor, and the forms and uses of formal language. The second part of the book provides an account of rhetoric as understood and practiced in early literate societies in the Near East, China, India, Greece, and Rome, identifying unique or unusual features of Western discourse in comparison to uses elsewhere. The concluding chapter summarizes the results of the study and evaluates the validity of traditional Western rhetorical concepts in describing non-Western rhetoric. Addressing both what is general or common in all rhetorical traditions and what is unique or unusual in the Western tradition, Comparative Rhetoric is ideally suited for courses in rhetoric, rhetoric theory, the history of rhetoric, intercultural communication, linguistic anthropology, and comparative linguistics.
LC Classification Number
P301.K45 1998
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