this paper is intended to explain the difference between rhyme of the qur'anic text (fāsila) and rhythmic prose (saj‘). according to the earlier scholars, fāsila signifies the last word of the qur'anic verse and saj‘ is the agreement of the final words in prose which rhyme the same, at least in the final letter. besides giving a definition of saj‘ and fāṣila, this research touches upon the view...

Most rhetorical readings of Confucius’s Analects have focused on his views on eloquence, reflecting an insuppressible impulse among comparative rhetoricians to match Confucian rhetoric to Greco–Roman rhetorical framework. My reading of the text argues that Confucius was more concerned about the suasory power of the multimodality of ritual symbols than narrowly verbal persuasion. To achieve the ...

Objectives: The study aims to reveal the argumentative mechanisms, values, and concepts embedded in Prophet's sermon, its rhetorical impact on enhancing meaning capturing recipient's attention message's text.
 Methods: This analyzes verbal milestones (PBUH) sermon from philosophical, rhetorical, deliberate perspectives. It examines introduction, semi-logical reality-based arguments, as wel...

This paper addresses the unexplored issue of how to communicate good news to the low-risk population, as a way reduce anxiety and limit unnecessary demand for consultation. More specifically, we illustrate the design of the low-risk assessment message delivered by OPERA, an online application that we have built for risk assessment of genetic breast cancer. OPERA’s central component is an argume...

The goal of this research was to find a way to extend the capabilities of computers through the processing of language in a more human way, and present applications which demonstrate the power of this method. This research presents a novel approach, Rhetorical Analysis, to solving problems in Natural Language Processing (NLP). The main benefit of Rhetorical Analysis, as opposed to previous appr...

Rhetorical figures, which are frequently applied in advertisements, can add literary flavor to the texts, gratify audiences’ aesthetic needs, and deepen their impression. In advertisement translation, it is very common that the rhetorical figures applied in the original text are replaced with new ones in the translation. This research focuses on rhetorical figures’ function of enhancing audienc...

Thus, the content-determination and rhetorical planning functions are not integrated in AlethGen, but separated in two different sub-modules. On one hand, Ale thGen ' s Rhetorical planner produces surface rhetorical representation (not intermediate, as for example in RST [Mann & Thompson 88]). On the need for surface rhetorical representation, see [Coch & David 94]. On the other hand, Rhetorica...

Scholarly attention to Colossians in the recent past has included attention to the nature of the Colossian heresy,1 the hymn to Christ in Col. 1:15-20,2 and the literary style of Colossians generally.3 Although rhetorical studies of Colossians have appeared, comprehensive rhetorical studies which consider the letter’s invention, arrangement, and style have been few in number.4 The current artic...

Persuasive negotiation occurs when autonomous agents exchange proposals that are backed up by rhetorical arguments (such as threats, rewards, or appeals). The role of such rhetorical arguments is to persuade the negotiation opponent to accept proposals more readily. To this end, this paper presents a rhetorical model of persuasion that defines the main types of rhetorical particles that are use...