A Theory of Discourse: The Aims of Discourse

“One of the truly important works of our time—and one that will be alluded to and quoted from for a long time to come. . . .The first thorough-going treatment of communications theory written by an English teacher specifically for English teachers—a superlative work.” —Edward P.J. Corbett This important and influential study is the first to cover the whole field of rhetoric and discourse theory, bringing together and analyzing such varied approaches as Aristotelian rhetoric, modern logic, l...