Rhetorical Discourse Analysis

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ID23723005
AuthorsJennifer Andrus (0000-0002-7001-8391, corresponding author)
Year2021
Pages1-6
Publication date2021-12-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1017.pub2
OpenAlexW4205475610
ISBN9781405198431
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

Rhetorical discourse analysis (RDA) brings together methods and theories from strands of discourse analysis (DA), classical rhetoric, and rhetorical analysis. As this entry shows, rhetoric and DA share a common object, discourse, and some of the same concerns and concepts, such as interaction, context, style, and effect. The overlapping concerns create spaces where theories and methods can be brought together to add depth and nuance to analysis. The goal of much of the scholarship that uses an RDA framework is to better understand communication in context. Discourse analysis and rhetoric come together around the common view that language, whether spoken or written, does something in addition to or beyond merely reflecting the world as it is. DA and rhetoric also share a core interest in the particulars of discourse and communication. The association between the projects of DA and rhetoric create a space of cross‐fertilization out of which a new theory of discursive action is emerging.

Art · Context (archaeology) · Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Scholarship · Sociology · Style (visual arts) · Visual rhetoric · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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