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Peer reviewedBennett, W. Lance – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1979
Discusses how the impact of various rhetorical moves in a trial is determined by the relationships they establish between evidence and underlying story structure. Demonstrates that the underlying rhetorical structure of a trial is a finely tuned communication system for the systematic organization and processing of large bodies of information.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Credibility, Information Processing
