This book uses Conversation Analysis methodology to analyze rhetorical and other questions that are designed to convey assertions, rather than seek new ...

How effectively does the author use the logos appeal to accomplish their intended purpose? What evidence and types of reasoning does the author use? How does ...

Then, I discuss how a deeper appreciation of context can enhance our understanding of the process of information seeking by examining two vastly different ...

presence turns an information seeking question into a rhetorical question. 3.2 The context of utterance in combination with the signal. If RhQs presuppose ...

So, information seeking is a compelling area of research because of the various contextual forces currently affecting it. 1.2. Inherent problems in studying ...

To date, the literature discusses RQs mostly in terms of their semantic and pragmatic properties. Canonical ISQs are used to seek information from the addressee ...

Mar 16, 2023 · The persuasive effects of rhetorical figures have been examined in various contexts and found to be effective, for example, advertisements that ...

As a part of the social construction of knowledge-making, asking questions empowers the student-rhetor by helping them gather information about the thought ...

The context refers to other direct and indirect social, cultural, geographic, political, and institutional factors that likely influence the writer, text, and ...

The historical context is the larger background in which a message is situated. The rhetorical situation is a subset of that field, a smaller, more defined ...