PART TWO: Postmodern Perspectives: Rhetoric and Post-Deconstructionism: A Relationalist Theory of Meaning.

An essay on the theory of meaning and its relation with rhetoric and post-deconstructionism is presented. The authors state that the study of interpretation is one approach to the issue of meaning and rhetoric plays a role in the discussion of interpretation. They argue that meaning pertains to a fu...

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Published in:Discourse Studies In Honor of James L. Kinneavy pp. 73 - 91
Main Authors: Cherwitz, Richard A., Hikins, James W.
Format: Essay
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1989
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Summary:An essay on the theory of meaning and its relation with rhetoric and post-deconstructionism is presented. The authors state that the study of interpretation is one approach to the issue of meaning and rhetoric plays a role in the discussion of interpretation. They argue that meaning pertains to a function of relations, which they define as primitive components. They discuss the implications of fundamental aspects of a realist theory of meaning for the language arts.