Thanks very much, Margaret. I have a copy of Ecospeak, but I didn't know
about Killingworth's Appeals in Modern Rhetoric. I'll certainly check it
out.
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Procter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: thanks! - query re social construction of argumentation
> Dear Graham,
>
> I join you in thanking people for their suggestions. You probably already
> know Jimmie Killingsworth. I've heard him speak very powerfully about the
> rhetoric of environmentalism. He has two books that might be of interest
> for your focus on rhetoric about environmental issues.
>
> In 1992, he and and Jacqueline Palmer published Ecospeak: Rhetoric and
> Environmental Politics (Southern Illinois).
>
> In 2005, again with Southern Illinois, he published what he calls a
> textbook for a course in rhetorical theory -- Appeals in Modern Rhetoric:
> An Ordinary-Language Approach. I've found the book in the library here
> today and have only glanced at it so far, but I note that the index has
> several entries under "environmental rhetoric," with a further
> cross-reference to some pages on Aldo Leopold.
>
> Margaret
>
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> Graham Smart wrote:
>
>> My thanks to Gloria, Cathy, Russ, Betsy, Jennifer for their great leads
>> on work related to the 'social construction of argumentation'. I'll
>> follow up each and every one of them.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Michalchuk"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 3:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: query re social construction of argumentation
>>
>>
>>> Ken Hyland has some interesting research surrounding how academic
>>> disciplines shape the nature of both knowledge and argumentation.
>>> Dwight Atkinson, in the Second Language Journal (I believe) writes
>>> about the capitalist influence on both the nature of argument and its
>>> written representation. Gloria Michalchuk
>>>
>>> Quoting Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>
>>>> I'll point, though I'm sure you'll already be aware of it, to
>>>> all of George Lakoff's work on framing.
>>>>
>>>> -- Russ
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm researching the social construction of argumentation in the
>>>>> current
>>>>> debates over global warming and climate change. I'm wondering whether
>>>>> anyone could point me towards work in Writing Studies or elsewhere
>>>>> that's
>>>>> looked at how arguments are socially constructed and deployed by
>>>>> collectives
>>>>> (i.e., organizations, institutions, 'discourse coalitions') as opposed
>>>>> to
>>>>> individuals?
>>>>>
>>>>> (I'm going to post this query to the CATTW listserv as well, so I'm
>>>>> sorry if
>>>>> you get this message twice.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>> Graham
>>>>>
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>>>>> School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
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