Title:
A theory of discourse; the aims of discourse [by] James L. Kinneavy.
Author:
Kinneavy, James L., 1920-1999.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Discourse and the field of English -- Introduction -- Brief historical sketch of discourse education in Western civilization -- Comprehensive theory of the field of English -- The aims of discourse -- Introduction -- A survey of views on the aims of discourse -- The aims of discourse: a theoretical synthesis -- Reference discourse -- Introduction and terminology -- The nature of reference discourse -- The logic of reference discourse -- The organization of reference discourse -- The style of reference discourse -- Persuasive discourse -- Introduction and terminology -- The nature of persuasive discourse -- The logic of persuasive discourse -- The organization of persuasive discourse -- The style of persuasive discourse -- Literary discourse -- Introduction -- The nature of literature -- The logic of literature: the primacy of structure -- The organization of literary discourse -- The style of literary discourse -- Expressive discourse -- Introduction and terminology -- The nature of expressive discourse -- The logic of expressive discourse -- The organization of expressive discourse -- The style of expressive discourse.
Publisher:
Prentice-Hall
Publication Place:
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
ISBN:
0139135820
9780139135828
Subject:
English language -- Rhetoric.
English language -- Rhetoric.
Discourse analysis.
Contents:
Discourse and the field of English -- Introduction -- Brief historical sketch of discourse education in Western civilization -- Comprehensive theory of the field of English -- The aims of discourse -- Introduction -- A survey of views on the aims of discourse -- The aims of discourse: a theoretical synthesis -- Reference discourse -- Introduction and terminology -- The nature of reference discourse -- The logic of reference discourse -- The organization of reference discourse -- The style of reference discourse -- Persuasive discourse -- Introduction and terminology -- The nature of persuasive discourse -- The logic of persuasive discourse -- The organization of persuasive discourse -- The style of persuasive discourse -- Literary discourse -- Introduction -- The nature of literature -- The logic of literature: the primacy of structure -- The organization of literary discourse -- The style of literary discourse -- Expressive discourse -- Introduction and terminology -- The nature of expressive discourse -- The logic of expressive discourse -- The organization of expressive discourse -- The style of expressive discourse.
Physical Description:
xv, 478 pages ;
Publication Date:
[1971]