A series of experimental and theoretical investigations of text inference were conducted. One applied a theory of inferable text cohesion to the devising of text structure revisions that assist comprehension and memory. Since only modest success was achieved, the next three projects went beyond text revision to the use of adjunct outlines,…

This paper outlines an approach to the study of internal state words and their use in conversation. The first section of the paper deals with the basic categories of words involved, discussing and illustrating theoretical and practical problems in defining critical components and boundaries for the class of internal state words as a whole and then…

Intended to contribute toward the understanding of paragraph and discourse structure, this study is based on the Totonac language as it comprises the "most extensive and involved system of clauses" seen by the authors and because the generation of the 396 verbal types of this system from a kernel of 11 types is "very symmetric and…

The problem of computerized question-answering is discussed in this paper from the point of view of certain technical, although elementary, notions of logic. Although the work reported herein has general application to the design of information systems, it is specifically motivated by the RAND Relational Data File. This system, for which a…

Presents a rationale for incorporating cross examination as a basic goal of teaching argument and discusses a system for generating cross examination questions and methods for practicing the development of such questions. (MH)

Contends that a modern theory of the composing process can be based directly on evolutionary theory as it relates to the origins and history of consciousness. (Author)

Attempts to analyze the paralinguistic base in the formation of verbal communications and classifies the "verbal roles" of a speaker. (CFM)

Investigates the career of George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (1845-1933), the eighth Regius Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Outlines his position as a literary critic, reviews and analyzes his views of rhetoric and rhetoricians, and offers assessments of his views. (MH)

Proposes that negotiated pleas be classified as "compromise rhetoric" which is defined as a class of rhetorical transactions that provide continuity between consensus and confrontation rhetorics. (MH)

A brief psychosystematic analysis of the problem of auxiliaries in French, and of the solution offered by the internal psychomechanism of the language as found in Gustave Guillaume's research. "Avoir" and "etre"" are studied in some detail from several aspects. There is a short bibliography. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Studies modality in the context of discourse analysis and an agent theory. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Contends that rhetoric of apologia constitutes a discrete genre and suggests that the needs that motivate apologetic speaking are inner-directed, social or personal and tend to shape the speech itself. (MH)

Recounts observations made by Professor Carroll C. Arnold at the 1976 SCA National Meeting concerning the rhetorical aspects and implications of the American experience. (MH)