Rhetoric in detail : discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text

340 Pages·2008·2.29 MB·English

by  Eisenhart

Rhetoric in Detail
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society
and Culture (DAPSAC)
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Volume 31
Rhetoric in Detail. Discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text
Edited by Barbara Johnstone and Christopher Eisenhart
Rhetoric in Detail
Discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text
Edited by
Barbara Johnstone
Carnegie Mellon University
Christopher Eisenhart
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Rhetoric in detail : discourse analyses of rhetorical talk and text / edited by Barbara
Johnstone and Christopher Eisenhart.
p. cm. (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, issn 1569-9463 ; v. 31)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Discourse analysis. 2. Rhetoric. I. Johnstone, Barbara. II. Eisenhart, Christopher.
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Table of contents
PartI.Introduction
1. Discourseanalysisandrhetoricalstudies 3
ChristopherEisenhartandBarbaraJohnstone
PartII.Styleandlegitimation
Studyingstyleandlegitimation:CriticallinguisticsandCritical
DiscourseAnalysis 25
SeanZdenekandBarbaraJohnstone
2. Talkingthe(political)talk:ColdWarrefugeesandtheirpolitical
legitimationthroughstyle 33
AndreeaDeciuRitivoi
3. ReportingWaco:Theconstitutiveworkofbureaucraticstyle 57
ChristopherEisenhart
4. Therhetoricoftemporality:Thefutureaslinguisticconstruct
andrhetoricalresource 81
PatriciaL.Dunmire
5. Theintertextualforgingofepideicticdiscourse:
ConstrualsofvictimsintheSouthAfricaTruthandReconciliation
CommissionAmnestyHearings 113
SusanLawrence
PartIII. Identityandagency
Studyingidentityandagency:CDA,interactionalsociolinguistics,
narrativeanalysis,groundedtheory 141
BarbaraJohnstone
6. Mutedvoices:Cochlearimplants,newsdiscourse,andthepublic
fascinationwithcuringdeafness 147
SeanZdenek
7. “Americanhumor”versus“Indianhumor”:Identity,ethos,
andrhetoricalsituation 173
NeetaBhasin
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8. Ethosandnarrativeinonlineeducationalchat 195
MarthaS.Cheng
9. Disciplinaryrhetorics,rhetoricalagency,andtheconstructionofvoice 227
AmandaYoung
PartIV.Entextualizingcontroversy
Studyingentextualizationandcontroversy:CDA,participant
observation,computer-aidedcorpusanalysis 249
BarbaraJohnstone
10. Howamediacontroversycaninfluenceascientificpublication:
ThecaseofRobertL.Spitzer’s“reparativetherapy”study 255
CraigO.Stewart
11. Controversyasamediaeventcategory 279
PeterA.Cramer
12. Analyzingeverydaytalkaboutsocialissues 307
SusanGilpin
Index 327
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Introduction