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Discourse implicature, Quintilian and the Lucidity Principle: rhetorical phenomena in pragmatics

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Burke M.

Topics in Linguistics

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2016

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vol. 17

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issue 1

1-16

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At a meta-level this article seeks to reduce the perceived gap that exists between classical rhetoric on the one hand and linguistics on the other. The linguistic focus here will be on pragmatics and discourse phenomena. In this article, the main tenets of classical rhetoric will first be set out. Thereafter, some examples of productive crossover work from both sides that has sought to unify rhetoric and pragmatics will be discussed. Next, a number of suggestions will be put forward as to why there has been so little cooperation. These will highlight aspects of scope and audience. Finally, some solutions will be offered as to how those perceived stumbling blocks might be eliminated. In this discussion, there will be a particular focus on the pragmatic notion of implicature from the perspective of Grice, the neo-Griceans and also the Roman rhetorician Quintilian. In the case of the latter, his ideas on the importance of lucidity in productive discourse situations will be explored and recast within a light of modern pragmatic theory.

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Współczesny retor – vir bonus czy coach?

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Kiereś-Łach J.

Kultura i Wartości

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2012

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issue 4

61-70

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In this article the author compares two concepts of the rhetoric teacher: the ancient rhetorician, whose competence in matters and possession of an appropriate moral attitude are accompanied by beautiful speaking skills; and the contemporary coach, who tries to build his image, professional position and work by acquiring skills, all in order to make a good impression rather than leave a lasting effect on theoretical knowledge. After briefly analyzing the terminology and establishing the meaning of key words for this article, the author discusses the theory of a good rhetorician as developed by Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian. She claims that these thinker s all agreed that a teacher should possess the qualities of eloquence, what might be referred to as the vir bonus, a righteous man. The author then discusses a very popular contemporary phenomenon known as the coaching profession. For this purpose she presents and analyses a notice for work as a coach, as well as articles which can be considered advice made by qualified trainers. In conclusion, the author argues that the model rhetorician popular nowadays lies far from the ancient one.

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W niniejszym artykule autorka zestawia z sobą dwie koncepcje nauczyciela sztuki wymowy – starożytnego retora, którego kompetencje w zakresie podejmowanych zagadnień, a także odpowiednia postawa moralna, stanowią równie silny warunek wraz z umiejętnościami krasomówczymi oraz współczesnego coacha, który w budowaniu swojego wizerunku i pozycji zawodowej stawia raczej na doskonalenie umiejętności, służących zrobieniu dobrego wrażenia, niż na pogłębianie wiedzy teoretycznej. Po przeprowadzeniu krótkiej analizy terminologicznej i ustaleniu znaczenia słów kluczowych dla niniejszego artykułu, autorka omawia koncepcję retora wypracowaną przez Arystotelesa, Cycerona oraz Kwintyliana. Stwierdza, że myśliciele ci zgodni są co do tego, że nauczyciel wymowy powinien posiadać przymioty, dzięki którym może być określany jako vir bonus, a więc człowiek prawy. Następnie autorka omawia niezwykle popularną obecnie profesję, określaną mianem coachingu . W tym celu przywołuje i poddaje analizie ogłoszenie o pracy w charakterze coacha , a także artykuły - porady autorstwa wykwalifikowanych w tym celu trenerów. Na zakończenie autorka stwierdza, że lansowany dziś model retora dalece odbiega od tego, który w czasach starożytnych przynosił chlubę osobie ten zawód wykonującej.

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Influence Work, Resistance, and Educational Life-Worlds: Quintilian’s [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] (35-95 CE) Analysis of Roman Oratory as an Instructive Ethnohistorical Resource and Conceptual Precursor of Symbolic Interactionist Scholarship

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Prus R.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2022

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vol. 18

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issue 3

6-52

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Despite the striking affinities of classical Greek and Latin rhetoric with the pragmatist/interactionist analysis of the situated negotiation of reality and its profound relevance for the analysis of human group life more generally, few contemporary social scientists are aware of the exceptionally astute analyses of persuasive interchange developed by Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian. Having considered the analyses of rhetoric developed by Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and Cicero (106-43 BCE) in interactionist terms (Prus 2007a; 2010), the present paper examines Quintilian’s (35-95 CE) contributions to the study of persuasive interchange more specifically and the nature of human knowing and acting more generally. Focusing on the education and practices of orators (rhetoricians), Quintilian (a practitioner as well as a distinctively thorough instructor of the craft) provides one of the most sustained, most systematic analyses of influence work and resistance to be found in the literature. Following an overview of Quintilian’s “ethnohistorical” account of Roman oratory, this paper concludes by drawing conceptual parallels between Quintilian’s analysis of influence work and the broader, transcontextual features of symbolic interactionist scholarship (Mead 1934; Blumer 1969; Prus 1996; 1997; 1999; Prus and Grills 2003). This includes “generic social processes” such as: acquiring perspectives, attending to identity, being involved, doing activity, engaging in persuasive interchange, developing relationships, experiencing emotionality, attaining linguistic fluency, and participating in collective events. Offering a great many departure points for comparative analysis, as well as ethnographic examinations of the influence process, Quintilian’s analysis is particularly instructive as he addresses these and related aspects of human knowing, acting, and interchange in highly direct, articulate, and detailed ways. Acknowledging the conceptual, methodological, and analytic affinities of The Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian with symbolic interactionism, an epilogue, Quintilian as an Intellectual Precursor to American Pragmatist Thought and the Interactionist Study of Human Group Life, addresses the relative lack of attention given to classical Greek and Latin scholarship by the American pragmatists and their intellectual progeny, as well as the importance of maintaining a more sustained transcontextual and transhistorical focus on the study of human knowing, acting, and interchange.

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Discourse implicature, Quintilian and the Lucidity Principle: rhetorical phenomena in pragmatics

Współczesny retor – vir bonus czy coach?

Influence Work, Resistance, and Educational Life-Worlds: Quintilian’s [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] (35-95 CE) Analysis of Roman Oratory as an Instructive Ethnohistorical Resource and Conceptual Precursor of Symbolic Interactionist Scholarship