Gill, Ann.

Rhetoric and human understanding. / Ann Gill. - Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, 1994. - vi, 265 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Part One: The signifying animal: Signs and symbols -- Language -- Rhetoric -- Meaning -- Part two: The mythological mind : Oral traditions -- Word magic -- Part Three: The modern western mind: The beginnings of the western mind -- Evolution of the western mind -- The rational paradigm -- Part IV: Challenges to the rational paradigm -- Contemporary theories of discourse -- Postmodernism -- Voice -- A rhetorical point of view.

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Rhetoric.
Semiotics.
Linguistics.
Oral tradition.
Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Modern--20th century.

P301 / .G5