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Understanding Institutions’ Rhetorical Agency

Understanding Institutions’ Rhetorical Agency

Vanessa B. Beasley
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466650039|ISBN10: 1466650036|EISBN13: 9781466650046
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5003-9.ch026
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Beasley, Vanessa B. "Understanding Institutions’ Rhetorical Agency." Communication and Language Analysis in the Public Sphere, edited by Roderick P. Hart, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 477-490. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5003-9.ch026

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Beasley, V. B. (2014). Understanding Institutions’ Rhetorical Agency. In R. Hart (Ed.), Communication and Language Analysis in the Public Sphere (pp. 477-490). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5003-9.ch026

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Beasley, Vanessa B. "Understanding Institutions’ Rhetorical Agency." In Communication and Language Analysis in the Public Sphere, edited by Roderick P. Hart, 477-490. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5003-9.ch026

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Abstract

This chapter offers a view of the common conceptual ground, the “Really Big Question,” that links the chapters in this and its companion volume. Do institutions have rhetorical agency? Beginning with a discussion with a “Really Big Question” about why it might matter to scholars from multiple fields who share an interest in the language of institutions, this chapter identifies resolutions consistently offered throughout the DICTION-based scholarship presented here. It also considers some of the implications, with particular attention to what it reveals about the instrumental and constitutive functions of institutional language. The chapter concludes with three questions that remain, underscoring both the strengths and limitations of the research DICTION enables.

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