After rhetoric
Subtitle: the study of discourse beyond language and culture
By: Stephen R. Yarbrough.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Discourse analysis.; Language and culture.; Communication.; Rhetoric.
Description: Aware that categorical thinking imposes restrictions on the ways we communicate, Stephen R. Yarbrough proposes discourse studies as an alternative to rhetoric and philosophy, both of which are structuralistic systems of inquiry. Yarbrough introduces readers to a credible theoretical framework for focusing on discourse rather than on conceptual schemes that surround it and to the potential advantages of our using this approach in daily life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-265) and index.