The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs
- ISBN-10
- 0739179055
- ISBN-13
- 9780739179055
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-12
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Author
- Gary C. Woodward
Description
Assumed intentions are embedded in virtually all forms of human discussion. The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs draws on a vast range of resources to describe the social and psychological forces at work in shaping the human impulse to explain why others act.
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