Analyzes strategies for using the theory of discourse communities in the classroom. Suggests varying the writer's roles and audiences, writing as an insider and an outsider for audiences that are insiders and outsiders. (MS)

Indicates that the study of American public address is in the midst of a remarkable renaissance with a resurgence of interest in the American oratorical tradition and a growing occupation with the close analysis of rhetorical texts. (JK)

Discusses the role of ideology in discourse theory. Suggests that an informed self-consciousness about the complex sources of thinking and writing can inspire involvement and willingness to share discursive power in the English department's conversation. (MS)

Shows how one teacher used William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" to teach inference and implication. (ARH)

Examines two leading journals from both physics and educational psychology to see whether the research article introductions typically include statements of principal findings. Indicates (1) a mismatch between descriptive practice and prescriptive advice and (2) a diversity in this rhetorical feature between the two fields. (JD)

Contends that conventional teaching and textbooks fail to promote a critical analysis of the content they convey. Argues that failure to examine the meanings of words and ideas dehumanizes education, divorces knowledge from power, and promotes viewpoints which are both parochial and ahistoric. Describes how critical reading and the use of…

Examines theories of ideology as presented in Marxist-based critical studies; how these theories serve a strategic function within Marxist theory; and, by way of the work of Michel Foucault, the inadequacies of this discourse of "ideological" analysis. Proposes that critical studies of the media move toward the concept of…

Argues that the study of literature has been stripped of its usefulness and purely theoretical while the study of rhetoric has been stripped of theory and reduced to practical, applied stylistics. (SRT)

Argues that human rigidity of mind is usually the cause of fallacies, humor, and also mental illness. (SRT)

Examines ways in which two persons tell a story together and how the interaction of the two indicates the nature of their relationship. Discusses how co-participants encounter and resolve the problem of having two potential tellers, and a knowledgeable recipient present. (SRT)

Appraises R. Kaplan's "contrastic rhetoric" in the light of a multilanguage research project on discourse structure. Concludes that Kaplan's specific analyses are in need of substantive revision. (FL)

Using Burkean analysis, this essay shows how films about haunted houses can serve as symbolic equipment to help audiences cope with real life problems. (PD)

Defines the concept of cynicism and explores issues concerning the role of the cynic in rhetoric, the rhetorical payoff of a cynical ethos, and the function of cynical remarks in rhetorical strategies. (EL)

Describes a study designed to examine variables influencing the way native speakers talk to foreigners and the form native speaker modification may take. Considers five variables: (1) negotiation of meaning, (2) quantity of speech, (3) amount of repair, (4) elaborated responses, and (5) transparent responses. (SED)

Argues that traditional views of organizational communication have fallen short because they misapprehended and oversimplified the realities of rhetorical behavior in organizations and because they offered weak theoretical underpinnings for the study of business communication. (FL)