Things, thoughts, words, and actions : the problem of language in late eighteenth-century British rhetorical theory /
In this new study, H. Lewis Ulman examines the roles of language theory in eighteenth-century British rhetorics, linking those roles to philosophical issues informing twentieth-century rhetorical theory. In doing so, Ulman develops a general model of the "problem of language" for rhetorica...
Основен автор: | Ulman, H. Lewis. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Carbondale, Ill. :
Southern Illinois University Press,
℗♭1994.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=22336 |
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Things, thoughts, words, and actions. |
Съдържание:
- The problem of language: things, thoughts, words, and actions
- On "The nature, use, and signification of language"
- Words as thoughts: the "Radical principles" of eloquence in Campbell's rhetoric
- Words as things: icons of progress in Blair's lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
- Words as actions: the "Living voice" in Sheridan's lectures on elocution
- A creative interplay of philosophies.