The Teleological Sense and the Social Role of Rhetorical Figures Classification

The article deals with a classification of rhetorical figures. This classification views rhetorical figures in a context of their goals. The author believes that classical rhetoric did not aim to give a systematic description of figures. Ancient lists of terms were simple catalogues, similar to mode...

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Main Author: Georgiy Georgievich Khazagerov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2016-12-01
Series:Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/14742