Abstract
This essay claims that arguments about the genres of discourse contain as a crucial element an attribution of status, which involves a dialectic of authority and marginality. Rhetorical scholarship is often a reaction against the condition of marginality. Reflection on these matters illumines the ontology of rhetorical discourse.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 38-54 |
| Journal | Quarterly Journal of Speech |
| Volume | 72 |
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| State | Published - 1986 |