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African American Rhetoric Of Greeting During Mckinley’S 1896 Front Porch Campaign, William D. Harpine Jan 2010

African American Rhetoric Of Greeting During Mckinley’S 1896 Front Porch Campaign, William D. Harpine

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African American speakers who participated in William McKinley’s 1896 Front Porch campaign events used epideictic rhetoric to address the issues of racial equality. They praised McKinley, but presented few arguments on policy matters. This rhetorical strategy helped them to advocate policies in a manner that would superficially appear to be ceremonial more than deliberative. Paradoxically, in doing so, the speakers advocated their views to ameliorate the injustices of the Jim Crow era, while adapting to the campaign’s rituals.


Language Characteristics Of Individuals With Down Syndrome, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Bruno Estigarribia, Joanne E. Roberts Apr 2009

Language Characteristics Of Individuals With Down Syndrome, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Bruno Estigarribia, Joanne E. Roberts

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No abstract provided.


Universalism In Policy Debate: Utilitarianism, Stock Issues, And The Rhetorical Audience, William D. Harpine Jan 2009

Universalism In Policy Debate: Utilitarianism, Stock Issues, And The Rhetorical Audience, William D. Harpine

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No abstract provided.


Analyzing How Rhetoric Is Epistemic: A Reply To Fuller, William D. Harpine Jan 2005

Analyzing How Rhetoric Is Epistemic: A Reply To Fuller, William D. Harpine

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No abstract provided.


Genung’S Theory Of Persuasion: A Literary Theory Of Oratory Of Late Nineteenth-Century America, William D. Harpine Jan 2004

Genung’S Theory Of Persuasion: A Literary Theory Of Oratory Of Late Nineteenth-Century America, William D. Harpine

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John Genung’s late nineteenth century rhetoric textbooks, although founded on an eighteenth century model of Scottish composition, present an original conception of oratory. Genung’s theory breaks free of the classical models and lays out the path to be followed during the development of speech studies among American rhetoricians of the early twentieth century.


What Do You Mean, Rhetoric Is Epistemic?, William D. Harpine Jan 2004

What Do You Mean, Rhetoric Is Epistemic?, William D. Harpine

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The thesis that rhetoric is epistemic has gained widespread acceptance and has influenced rhetorical theory. The thesis suggests that argumentative justification in rhetorical contexts is fundamentally epistemic. Unfortunately, however, much of the literature developing the thesis has employed vague or inconsistent definitions of key terms, resulting in theoretical errors and needless complications. This essay clarifies the definitions of “rhetoric,” “knowledge,” and “certainty,” showing how the notion that rhetoric is epistemic might be developed in a clearer and more useful way.


We Want Yer, Mckinley’: Epideictic Rhetoric In Songs From The 1896 Presidential Campaign, William D. Harpine Jan 2004

We Want Yer, Mckinley’: Epideictic Rhetoric In Songs From The 1896 Presidential Campaign, William D. Harpine

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No abstract provided.


Is Modernism Really Modern? Uncovering A Fallacy In Postmodernism, William D. Harpine Jan 2004

Is Modernism Really Modern? Uncovering A Fallacy In Postmodernism, William D. Harpine

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Some postmodernists criticize the view that the logics of Western thought can be employed universally. In doing so, they assume without adequate proof that different human societies have greatly different rationalities and employ completely different logics. This essay argues that, on the contrary, widely different cultures often share noteworthy similarities in rationality.


Battlefield Research Continues At Sciaa, Steven D. Smith Jul 2003

Battlefield Research Continues At Sciaa, Steven D. Smith

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This is a multi-volume issue, containing vol. 7/no. 2 (Dec 2002) AND vol. 8/no. 1 (July 2003).


Bryan’S ‘A Cross Of Gold’: The Rhetoric Of Polarization At The 1896 Democratic Convention, William D. Harpine Jan 2001

Bryan’S ‘A Cross Of Gold’: The Rhetoric Of Polarization At The 1896 Democratic Convention, William D. Harpine

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No abstract provided.


Playing To The Press In Mckinley’S Front Porch Campaign: The Early Weeks Of A Nineteenth-Century Pseudo-Event, William D. Harpine Jan 2000

Playing To The Press In Mckinley’S Front Porch Campaign: The Early Weeks Of A Nineteenth-Century Pseudo-Event, William D. Harpine

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No abstract provided.


Call Screening - Is It Really A Problem For Survey Research?, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick Jan 1999

Call Screening - Is It Really A Problem For Survey Research?, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick

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No abstract provided.


Epideictic And Ethos In The Amarna Letters: The Withholding Of Argument, William D. Harpine Jan 1998

Epideictic And Ethos In The Amarna Letters: The Withholding Of Argument, William D. Harpine

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No abstract provided.


A Review Of Communication On Psychological Gender: Actors, Behaviors And Context, J. Indvik, Mary A. Fitzpatrick Dec 1983

A Review Of Communication On Psychological Gender: Actors, Behaviors And Context, J. Indvik, Mary A. Fitzpatrick

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No abstract provided.