Rhetoric and persuasion: understanding enthymemes in the public sphere

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dc.contributor.authorFaure, Murray
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-10T07:21:11Z
dc.date.available2016-06-10T07:21:11Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractEnglish: The enthymeme has been used and analysed for over two millennia. It is one of the most powerful rhetorical instruments used for the purpose of persuasion, be it through the spoken or written word. This article explores the origins and complexities of the instrument and demonstrates its use and significance in the public sphere by analysing style and rhetorical content in the writings of St Paul, Dr Martin Luther King Jnr and President George W Bush. The conclusions suggest that further research into this rhetorical instrument could uncover a layer of understanding of political discourse in the public sphere hitherto not undertaken by local scholars.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAfrikaans: The enthymeme has been used and analysed for over two millennia. It is one of the most powerful rhetorical instruments used for the purpose of persuasion, be it through the spoken or written word. This article explores the origins and complexities of the instrument and demonstrates its use and significance in the public sphere by analysing style and rhetorical content in the writings of St Paul, Dr Martin Luther King Jnr and President George W Bush. The conclusions suggest that further research into this rhetorical instrument could uncover a layer of understanding of political discourse in the public sphere hitherto not undertaken by local scholars.af
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFaure, M. (2010). Rhetoric and persuasion: Understanding enthymemes in the public sphere. Acta Academica, 42(1), 61-96.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/2761
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectRhetoricen_ZA
dc.subjectEnthymemeen_ZA
dc.subjectSt Paulen_ZA
dc.subjectKing, Martin Luther Jnren_ZA
dc.subjectBush, George Wen_ZA
dc.subjectPolitical discourseen_ZA
dc.titleRhetoric and persuasion: understanding enthymemes in the public sphereen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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