Definitions of rhetoric
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Bryant elaborates on the theory that rhetoric can be distinguished as a four-tiered definition. | Bryant elaborates on the theory that rhetoric can be distinguished as a four-tiered definition. | ||
- | Rhetoric as an instrumental discipline | + | Rhetoric as an instrumental discipline as it is concerned with the management of discourse in specific situations for practical purposes. |
- | Rhetoric as a literary study | + | Rhetoric as a literary study, involving linguistics, critical theory, and semantics as it touches the art of informing ideas, and the functioning of language. |
- | Rhetoric as a philosophical study | + | Rhetoric as a philosophical study so far as it is concerned with a method of investigation or inquiry. |
- | Rhetoric as a social study | + | Rhetoric as a social study as it is akin to politics, drawing upon psychology and sociology; it is the study of a major force in the behavior of men in society. |
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Definitions of Rhetoric
Bryant elaborates on the theory that rhetoric can be distinguished as a four-tiered definition.
Rhetoric as an instrumental discipline as it is concerned with the management of discourse in specific situations for practical purposes.
Rhetoric as a literary study, involving linguistics, critical theory, and semantics as it touches the art of informing ideas, and the functioning of language.
Rhetoric as a philosophical study so far as it is concerned with a method of investigation or inquiry.
Rhetoric as a social study as it is akin to politics, drawing upon psychology and sociology; it is the study of a major force in the behavior of men in society.