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Argumentative Text as Rhetorical Structure: An Application of Rhetorical Structure Theory

Argumentation, 1999
Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST), as a tool for analyzing written texts, is particularly appropriate for analyzing argumentative texts. The distinction that RST makes between the part of a text that realizes the primary goal of the writer, termed nucleus, and the part that provides supplementary material, termed satellite, is crucial for the analysis ...
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‘Narrative structure’, ‘rhetorical structure’, ‘text structure’

English Text Construction, 2023
Abstract The paper seeks to provide a cognitive-linguistic re-interpretation of the centuries-old notion of whole-text structure . The investigation presented here draws on 317 data sources selected through a scoping literature review. The paper demonstrates how
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The Rhetorical Structure of Hebrews

New Testament Studies, 1989
Hebrews is the most accomplished writing in the New Testament. The unknown author's command of the art of rhetoric is universally recognized. He was evidently well educated by the standards of Hellenistic education of the time. His use of Greek is more cultivated than that of Paul, and he makes greater use of rhetorical devices than Luke.
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The Rhetorical Structure of Attribution

Proceedings of the Workshop on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking 2019, 2019
The relational status of Attribution in Rhetorical Structure Theory has been a matter of ongoing debate. Although several researchers have weighed in on the topic, and although numerous studies have relied upon attributional structures for their analyses, nothing approaching consensus has emerged.
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RHETORICAL STRUCTURE IN TERTULLIAN'S AD SCAPULAM

Vigiliae Christianae, 2002
Cet article etudie la structure rethorique d'un texte tardif de Tertullien (155-220) , le Ad Scapulam, texte adresse a Scapula, alors proconsul d'Afrique. Ayant expose la structure rethorique de ce texte, l'A. montre qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un texte a visee apologetique, voire du resume d'un de ses traites, mais d'un plaidoyer reclamant le demantelement ...
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Rhetorical structure and Galatians

1998
It has become practically axiomatic since the appearance of Hans Dieter Betz's Hermeneia commentary that study of the argument and structure of Galatians begins with classical rhetoric. Betz's assertions that ‘The body of [Galatians] is constructed as a defense speech using argumentative, judicial rhetoric’, and that, as a result, ‘Paul's letter to the
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Classifying Visual Rhetoric: Conceptual and Structural Heuristics

2014
This chapter discusses a number of problems and heuristics with regard to identifying and analyzing classes of visual rhetoric in commercial ads. The chapter argues that clear-cut structural and conceptual classes of visual rhetoric do not sufficiently take into account the interpretation subtleties and ambiguities present in visual rhetoric.
Maes, A., Schilperoord, J.
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Rhetorical Structure Theory in study of the schematic, rhetorical and paragraph structure of matriculation essays in Finnish as a second language

Proces. del Leng. Natural, 2016
Tesis doctoral en Lengua Finesa realizada por Johanna Komppa en la Universidad de Helsinki (HU) bajo la dirección del Dr. Jyrki Kalliokoski (HU) y la Dra. Susanna Shore (HU). El acto de defensa de la tesis tuvo lugar el viernes 31 de agosto de 2012 ante el tribunal formado por la Dra.
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The Structure of Nigeria's Restructuring Rhetoric

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
The recent narratives in the public domain focus on the national issue of Nigeria’s restructuring. This call seems to be highly ratifying as it cuts across every part of the country. There had been contributions from former leaders and public office holders including former presidents, vice president and former governors. The academia, civil societies,
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Rhetorical Structure of the Introductory Part

2019
This chapter presents the results of the genre analysis of the Introduction section (Sect. 6.2) and the LR section (Sect. 6.3). As stated in the Methodology chapter, the introductions used before the LR section show structural and functional variability, with the two major types identified (viz., the “Research-oriented Traditional CARS (RT CARS)” type ...
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