Examines Chaim Perelman's new rhetoric, concluding that Perelman believes a rhetor linguistically creates a presence by first analyzing how the audience thinks and acts, referring to what the audience holds to be true, and then entering into communion with the audience by expressing the thoughts of the audience. (RAE)

The article examines issues in the narrative evaluation of language disordered children. First, it is pointed out that the many types of stories and contexts affect narrative form and, second, that structural systems which contribute to narrative meaning are found both within and across utterance boundaries. (Author/DB)

Offers a dissenting interpretation of Adam Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres and a more conservative perspective on Smith's significance to the history of rhetorical theory. Views the lectures as an historical commentary on literature and rhetoric from the perspective of an eighteenth-century lecturer. (JD)

Challenges a number of concepts in classical continental linguistics. Argues that a direct relationship exists between Jacques Derrida's procedures of deconstruction and the methods of linguistic analysis. Claims that deconstruction is the negation or denial of linguistic neutralization. (JD)

Based on the concept of "connector" introduced by R. Jakobson, the article shows how the concept questions the distinction between "langue" and "parole." (Text is in French.) (AM)

Attempts to disprove the logic of the legal text. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Study determined that complex sentences are recalled better if the described events within a sentence are presented in the same sequence as their correct temporal order''; the use of active vs. passive voice was not a factor in remembering the semantic content. (Author/SP)

English teacher describes semantic implications of court litigation from the standpoint of a jury member. (GB)

Argues that a major difficulty in formalizing linguistic dialogue interaction is the uncertainty arising from various factors. Advances proposals for capturing at least some of those factors in logical representations: topic/subtopic arrangement; semantic allocation; participants' competence; discourse goals; semantic, psychological, and pragmatic…

Attacks the notion that a literal meaning can be defined for every sentence, independent of its context. (AM)

Examines the differences between English and Dutch demonstratives and concludes that English proximate demonstratives ("this") are used when the referent is identifiable by the addressee, whereas in Dutch they are used for low-accessibility referents, as opposed to distal demonstratives ("that") that are also used for readily…

Discusses an overlooked example in everyday life of serendipitous parapraxes in the recall of poetry presented by Freud in 1907. Notes that its principles are applicable to clinical and educational research and practice, taking into account contemporary transference-countertransference dynamics. (SR)

Considers the ways in which work is changing in two very different sites; a gaming machine factory and a metropolitan teaching hospital. Explores the implications of these changes for research and discourse analysis. (Author/VWL)

Notes that throughout this century, adult education planning theory has been dominated by technical rationality, which has limited adult education activity to certain areas. Discusses how relational analysis provides alternative examples of what could constitute legitimate planning theory and practice. (SK)

Learning to be literate involves understanding unequal power relations that privilege some literacy practices over others. A deficit model associates literacy with skills and motivation, emphasizes standardized literacy accomplishments, and prescribes outcomes. These practices discount the validity of individuals' definitions of and uses for…