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Textual Metonymy
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 130.00Textual Metonymy employs a theoretical framework combining rhetoric, figurative theory and textlinguistics. In the process, a very full historical account of treatments of metonymy from classical traditions up to the present time is given and critiqued. The author proposes a semiotic approach to the treatment of metonymy, on the basis of which a... more...
Professing Rhetoric
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95Representing current theory and research in rhetoric, this volume brings together scholarship from a variety of orientations--theoretical, critical, historical, and pedagogical. Some contributions cover work that has previously been silenced or unrecognized, including Native American, African American, Latino, and women's rhetorics. Others explore... more...
Rhetorics of the Americas
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00This book will provide the first collection of original research and scholarship on uniquely Western Hemispheric rhetorics. more...
Ringo
Port Campbell Press 2011; US$ 12.99In this sequel to the popular 'My Word', Laurie Barber highlights some of the common and not-so-common words used as we mangle our language. He also gives some fascinating stories about how words have evolved. *Why did Humpty Dumpty fall off that wall?*The day the Methodists had an orgy.*Did Isabella wear the same underwear for three years?*A... more...
Metaphors for Learning
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2008; US$ 158.00In Contemporary Metaphor Theory (CMT) research has predominantly focused on the English language with few studies of others and even less systematic comparative work. This volume focuses on the discourse domain of LEARNING (formal, technical and informal aspects) and brings together a variety of language perspectives, some specifically comparative,... more...
The Practice of Theory
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 39.00Examines the practical use of theory as a pedagogical aid and argues for a broader conception of rhetoric in the human sciences. more...
The African Origins of Rhetoric
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 113.00Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat)... more...
The Rhetoric of RHETORIC
Wiley 2009; US$ 34.95In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if we study rhetoric closely. Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961). Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in politics, and in the media. Investigates the possibility... more...
Out of Style
Utah State University Press 2008; US$ 17.00Paul Butler applauds the emerging interest in the study of style among scholars of rhetoric and composition, arguing that the loss of stylistics from composition in recent decades left it alive only in the popular imagination as a set of grammar conventions. Butler’s goal in Out of Style is to articulate style as a vital and productive source... more...
Language, Usage and Cognition
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 35.00Outlines a theory of language use and language change, focusing on the processes that give languages their structure and variance. more...









