Politics & rhetoric
Subtitle: coming to terms with terms
By: George E. Yoos
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [elektronische middelen] :
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780230623316
Subjects: Electronic books; Rhetoric; Political aspects
Other titles: Politics and rhetoric
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: One-sided rhetorical critiques about meaning; title: What is the meaning of life?; title: Making and discovering meaning; title: The meaning of what you would like to mean; title: Language use and language usage; title: Rhetorical use and usage; title: Limits of a code theory of language; title: Definitional proposals and definitional reports; title: An inferential theory of language; title: Figurative and literal language; title: Interpretation and definition as umbrella terms; title: Interpretation and definition as correlative terms; title: Contrasts between definitions and interpretations; title: Nominal, conceptual, and real definitions; title: Rhetorical definition as a generic term : talking and walking the talk; title: Logical definitions by class and differentia; title: Logical definitions by necessary and sufficient conditions; title: Pigeonholes and rational numbers; title: Coming to terms with terms about application and control; title: Interpretations as hypotheses and the contexts of interpretation in rhetorical criticism.