The Grammatical Foundations of Rhetoric

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: DIALOG AND DISCOURSE -- PART I. SEMANTIC GRAMMAR -- 1. THE SENTENCE AS DIALOG -- 2. THE MEANING OF ASSERTIONS -- 3. THE STRUCTURE OF ASSERTIONS -- 4. THE USES OF MODIFICATION -- 5. THE PROBLEM OF IMPLICATION -- 6. INTER-ASSERTIONAL RELATIONS -- PART II. GENERATIVE RHETORIC -- 7. GENERATING A COMPOSITION -- 8. INTEGRATING A COMPOSITION -- 9. THE FRAMEWORK OF DIALOG -- 10. DIALOG AS A TOOL OF ANALYSIS -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX