Rhetoric and Human Understanding
- ISBN-10
- 0881337757
- ISBN-13
- 9780881337754
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Waveland Press
- Author
- Ann Gill
Description
This book introduces basic concepts of human signification, explains both primal & contemporary rhetoric experience, & offers challenges to common-sense understandings.
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