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Rhetorical Function

Rhetorical Function is a linguistic and pragmatic category of discourse unit that serves to structure communication by fulfilling specific expressive, persuasive, or interactive roles within a text or utterance, distinguished from other discourse functions by its emphasis on stylistic, figurative, or persuasive intent in shaping audience interpretation.

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2017–2026

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470

The Rhetorical Situation

Lloyd F. Bitzer · Philosophy and Rhetoric · 1968 · 1.4K citations

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Figures of Rhetoric in Advertising Language

Edward F. McQuarrie, David Glen Mick · Journal of Consumer Research · 1996 · 689 citations

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Twisting Tongues and Twisting Arms: The Power of Political Rhetoric

Ronald R. Krebs, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson · European Journal of International Relations · 2007 · 674 citations

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Visualization Rhetoric: Framing Effects in Narrative Visualization

Jessica Hullman, Nicholas Diakopoulos · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 2011 · 498 citations

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Automatic classification of citation function

Simone Teufel, Advaith Siddharthan, Dan Tidhar · 2006 · 417 citations · Full text

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Authors

659

  1. LS
    Larry Selinker

    University of Michigan, United States

    4 publications · 209 citations

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  2. LT
    Louis Trimble

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 209 citations

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  3. ML
    Michael Leff

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 98 citations

    3

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  4. PB
    Paheli Bhattacharya

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  5. LR
    Lloyd Rutledge

    Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Netherlands

    2 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

316

  1. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    883 citations

  2. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    174 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    403 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    261 citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    389 citations

  6. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    231 citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    182 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

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Venues

  1. Quarterly Journal of Speech

    23 publications · 1.2K citations

    19

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  2. Philosophy and Rhetoric

    20 publications · 2.2K citations

    16

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 14 publications · 536 citations

    13

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  4. Journal of Pragmatics

    8 publications · 622 citations

    8

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  5. Rhetoric Society Quarterly

    RSQ · 8 publications · 308 citations

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