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Comparative Rhetoric: An Historical and Cross-Cultural Introduction - Couverture rigide

Kennedy, George A.

 
9780195109320: Comparative Rhetoric: An Historical and Cross-Cultural Introduction
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195109325 ISBN 13 : 9780195109320
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Offering 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 practiced in early literate cultures, seeking to identify what is unique or unusual in the Western tradition.

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Revue de presse

This book is the mature reflection of a highly respected scholar in Graeco-Roman rhetoric ... There is a great deal of useful human knowledge in this book ... The presentation of the argument is admirably clear throughout ... The book is not without humour ... This seems to me a brave book. It is courageous to essay into other cultures, some of them still living, and try to summarise their processes ... K's argument will stimulate interest in comparative rhetoric, as he hopes, and has raised questions to which there will be some very interesting responses. (Vivienne Gray, Prudentia)

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 or unusual in the western tradition.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195109325
ISBN 13 
9780195109320
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
250
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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