Ambidextrous Scholarship: A Review Essay

This essay reviews three recent works in the field of philosophy of education, each of which brings the work of a major philosophical thinker to bear on contemporary topics within education: Michael Peters, ed., Heidegger, Education, and Modernity ; Randall Curren, Aristotle on the Necessity of Public Education ; and Mordechai Gordon, ed., Hannah Arendt and Education . I argue that these works are representative of a current trend in educational philosophers' ideas, including their political, social, and ethical philosophy. This approach to philosophy of education differs in significant ways from past approaches, in which the connection between philosophy and education was conceived narrowly. In the works under consideration here, education is not understood as an isolated field that is connected to philosophy only through a concerted effort; rather, education is understood as a presence within the broad constellation of philosophical questions. These books therefore not only shed light on educational matters, but they also demonstrate an elegant way to bring together theory and practice, mind and body, philosophy and education.     

Review Essay: Rhetoric Studies in Scandinavia

Human Speech. (Some Observations, Experiments, and Conclusions as to the Nature, Origin, Purpose and Possible Improvement of Human Speech), By Sir Richard Paget, Bart., Fellow of the Physical Society of London, Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1930: pp. 360, $6.00.

Speech and Hearing. By Harvey Fletcher. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1929; pp. $5.50.

Platform and Laboratory Projects for Speech I. A Manual for the Student. By Henry Lee Ewbank. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1929: pp. 98.

Prose and Verse for Speaking and Beading. Compiled and edited By William Palmer Smith, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1930: pp. 382.

The Art of Argument, By Harold F. Graves and Carle B. Spotts. New York: Prentice‐Hall, 1927: pp. xi, 298; $2.50.

Modern Debate Practice. By Waldo O. Willhoft. New York: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1929; pp. xii, 339.

The School Drama in England. By T. H. Vail Motter. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1929; pp. xiii, 325; $3.50.

The New Public Speaker. By Richard C. Borden and Alvin C. Busse, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1930; pp. 155.     

Review Essay: Cultivating a Rhetoric of Agrarianism

CONTROL AND CONSOLATION IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND POLITICS: RHETORICS OF THERAPY. By Dana Cloud. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1998; pp. 224. Cloth $67.95; Paper $31.95.

DANGEROUS LIAISONS: GENDER, NATION, AND POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES. By Anne McClintock, Aamir Mufti, and Ella Shohat. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 1997; pp. 560. Cloth $62.95; Paper $24.95.

WHITENESS: THE COMMUNICATION OF SOCIAL IDENTITY. Edited by Thomas Nakayama and Judith Martin. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1999; pp. xiv + 314. Cloth $73.95; Paper $36.95.     

Review Essay: The Law and Its Bedfellows: Nation Making through the Rhetoric of US Courtrooms

Books reviewed

CROSSING DIFFERENCES: INTERRACIAL COMMUNICATION. By J. A. Blubaugh and D. L. Pennington. Columbus, Ohio: Bobbs‐Mcrrill, 1976; pp. ix+102. $3.95.

INTERCULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION. By Fred Casmir. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978; pp. iii+814. $21.50.

PERSPECTIVES ON CROSS‐CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. By C. H. Dodd. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co., 1977; pp. iii+109. $4.95.

READINGS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: TEACHING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. Edited by David S. Hoopcs. Pittsburgh: SIETAR‐Uni‐versity of Pittsburgh, 1977; pp. 129. $4.95.

CULTURAL DIALOGUE: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. By Michael H. Prosser. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978; pp. x+344. $10.95.

USIA INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COURSE: 1977 PROCEEDINGS. Edited by Michael H. Prosser. Washington, D.C.: International Communication Agency, 1978; pp. xx+367. Complimentary.

COMMUNICATION YEARBOOK I. Edited by Brent D. Ruben. New Brunswick, N.J.: ICA‐Transaction Books, 1977; pp. xii+656. $24.95.

COMMUNICATION YEARBOOK II. Edited by Brent D. Ruben. New Brunswick, N.J.: ICA‐Transaction Books, 1978; pp. xi+587. $24.95.

FOUNDATIONS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. By K. S. Sitaram and R. T. Cogdell. Columbus, Ohio: Bobbs‐Merrill, 1976; pp. x+245. $11.95.     

修辞学研究领域的一朵新葩——《警察言语修辞研究》序

《警察言语修辞研究》既从宏观上力图以警察言语的对策、方法、谋略、心理和逻辑思维等为基础,阐释警察言语的内涵、原则、种类和任务,显示了一定的理论色彩,又从微观上多方面探讨警察言语的交际规律,体现了较强的实战性,两者兼顾得较好。作者既重视警察公务文书书面修辞的探讨,又重视警察执法口语修辞、侦查讯问言语修辞的探究,一改传统修辞学比较忽视口语修辞探讨的缺失。同时,该书将处于主导位置的警察和交际对象、交际语境、修辞手段等多个方面的联系看作一个不断变化的动态系统,用与其适应的方法去探索其规律,是符合辩证唯物主义原理的。     

谈部分修辞手法在英语写作中的运用

本文阐述了英语论述文写作中常用的一种修辞手法——对比和比较 ,以及使用这种修辞方法给文章所增添的效果和魅力。     

Review Essay: Activating the AIDS Archive

The Railroad Problem with Reference to Government Ownership. Compiled by Harrison Boyd Summers and Robert E. Summers. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1939; pp. 308. $1.25.

Government Ownership of Railroads. Compiled and arranged by J. Weston Walch. Portland: The Platform News Publishing Co., 1939; pp. 164. $2.50.

The United States and War. The Reference Shelf, Vol. 12, No. 8. Compiled by Julia E. Johnson. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1939; pp. 179. $.90.

Chain Stores and Legislation. The Reference Shelf, Vol. 12, No. 7. Compiled by Daniel Bloomfield. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1939; pp. 466. $1.25.

Debate Index (New Edition Revised) The Reference Shelf, Vol. 12, No. 9. Compiled by Edith M. Phelps. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1939; pp. 130. $ .75.

You Sell with Your Voice. By E. C. Buehler and Martin Maloney. New York: Ronald Press, 1939; pp. VI + 93. $2.00.

A Drill Manual for Improving Speech. By William Norwood Brigance and Florence M. Henderson. Chicago: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939; pp. xxi + 246.

Speech Correction, Principles and Methods. By C. Van Riper. Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1939; pp. 434. $2.50.

Correcting Nervous Speech Disorders. By M. F. Gifford. New York: Prentice‐Hall, 1939; pp. XV + 197. $2.85.

The Personality Structure of Stuttering. By James F. Bender. New York: The Pitman Publishing Co., 1939; pp. XVI + 189. $2.00.

Voice and Speech Problems. By Letitia Raubicheck, Estelle H. Davis, and L. Adèle Carll. New York: Prentice‐Hall, 1939; pp. xxviii + 559. $1.60.

Taking the Stage. By Charlotte Crocker, Victor Fields, Will Broomall. New York: Pitman Publishing Co., 1939; pp. 339. $2.00.

Shakespeare. By Mark Van Doren. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1939; pp. 336. $3.00.

Modern Theatre Practice. (Second Edition) By Hubert C. Heffner, Samuel Selden, and Hunton D. Sellman, with an Appendix on Costume by Fairfax Proudfit Walkup. New York: F. S. Crofts &; Co., 1939; illustrated; pp. 425. $3.00.

Early Stages. By John Gielgud. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1939; pp. 322. $3.00.

Strolling Players and Drama in the Provinces 1660–1675. By Sybil Rosenfeld. Cambridge, England: The University Press; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1939; pp. 333. $4.00.

American Folk Plays. Edited with an Introduction by Frederick H. Koch. New York: D. Appleton‐Century Co., 1939; pp. xlvi + 592, illustrated. $4.00.

The Stage and the School (Revised Edition). By Katherine Anne Ommanney. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939; pp. xix + 504. $1.60.

Theatre For Children. By Winifred Ward. New York: D. Appleton‐Century Co., 1939; pp. xiv + 333. $3.00.

Everyday English. By G. E. McElfresh and E. C. Ingalls. New York: Thomas Nelson &; Sons, 1939; pp. 372.

The Best One‐Act Plays of 1938. Edited by Margaret Mayorga. New York: Dodd, Mead &; Company, 1939; pp. 392. $2.50.

Magic Dials. By Lowell Thomas. New York: Lee Furman Inc., 1939; pp. 142. $2.00. Also published in a $1.00 edition. New York: James Werblow Polygraphic Company of America.

Journalism on the Air. By Dowling Leatherwood. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing Co., 1939; pp. iii + 100. $1.75.

How to Write for Radio. By James Whipple. New York: Whittlesey House 1938: pp. xxi+425. $3.50.

How to Succeed Through Speech. By E. F. Du Teau. Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1938: pp. 171. $1.75.

The Mechanics of Instantaneous Acetate Recording. By Sam H. Hawver. Los Angeles: Cellutone Record Manufacturing Co., 1937; pp. 14. 50c.

Advanced Disc Recording. Inglewood, California: Universal Microphone Co., Ltd., 1937; pamphlet, pp. 30. 10c.

Suggestive Outlines in Speech for the Elementary, Intermediate, and Secondary Schools. Prepared by the Michigan Association of Teachers of Speech. J. A. McMonagle, Michigan State College, President. Mimeographed; pp. iii + 69. $1.00.

A Course Book in Public Speaking (Second Revised Edition). By Wilbur E. Gilman, Bower Aly, Loren D. Reid. Columbia, Missouri : The Artcraft Press; pp. xii + 227.

Latin and Greek in Current Use. By Eli E. Burriss and Lionel Casson. New York: Prentice‐Hall, 1939; pp. xiv + 286. $2.50.     

论张岱小品文修辞的耦益策略

张岱小品文善于运用耦益修辞策略,将多个修辞元素统筹组合,协调耦合,营构修辞元素之间的关联性,增益其传情达意的效果,主要表现为:信息上的增益、语脉上的增益、意趣上的增益。     

Review Essay: Post-Traumatic Memories around the Globe

The Work of Preaching. By Arthur I. Hqyt. New edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Cloth, pp. 389, Price $1.50.

Speech‐making. By R. D. T. Hollister. Ann Arbor, Michigan, George Wahr, 1918. Cloth, pp. 386.

Amateur and Educational Dramatics. By Evelyn Hilliard, Theodora McCormick, and Kate Oglebay. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Cloth, pp. 169. Price $1.00.

The Aesthetics of Motion. By George H. Browne. The Turner Publishing Co., New Ulm, Minn. Pp. 46.

Winning Orations (in Contests of the Inter‐Collegiate Prohibition Association). Edited By Harry S. Warner, Chicago, Inter‐Collegiate Prohibition Association, 1917. Paper, pp. 184. Price 35c.

War Shock. By Eder, M.D. P. Blakiston's Sons &; Co., Philadelphia, 1917 Pp. 152.

Oral English. (The bulletin of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn). Vol. 12, No. 8. October, 1917. Paper, pp. 55.     

八股文修辞略说

八股文是明清时期用于科举考试的一种文体。其用语平易,条理清楚,着意于解释题意,同时也重视句式、语音、句子结构等方面的安排,这既符合消极修辞的要求,也体现出积极修辞的部分特点。目前,学界对八股文的评价褒贬不一,从修辞角度对其进行研究,可为客观认识八股文提供一个新的视角。