Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Origin and Rationale for the Present Study
1.2 Objectives of the Present Study
1.3 Research Methodology
1.4 Organization of the Dissertation
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Intellectual Background for CDA
2.1.1 Linguistic Turn in Intellectual Climate
2.1.2 Rhetorical Turn in Discourse Studies
2.1.3 Critical Turn in the Study of Discourse
2.2 CDA: An Overview
2.2.1 Genesis of Critical Discourse Analysis
2.2.2 A Diverse Picture of Research on CDA abroad
2.2.3 Research on CDA at Home
2.2.4 Research on Metaphor in CDA
2.2.5 Critical Response to CDA
2.3 Introduction of the Rhetorical Perspective
2.3.1 Discourse Analysis and Rhetorical Criticism:
Where They Converge and Diverge
2.3.2 Shared Focus between CDA and Critical Rhetoric
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 the oreticaI Preliminaries
3.1 Defining Key Concepts
3.1.1 Discourse
3.1.2 Power
3.1.3 Ideology
3.1.4 Being Critical
3.2 Ideology and the Seal Construction of Meaning
3.2.1 The Critical Turn in the Study of Communication
3.2.2 Language as a Site of Social Struggle
3.2.3 Ideology as a Conceptual Link between
Communication and Power
3.3 The Possibility of Rhetorical lntervention
3.4 Ideology, Symbolic Action and Agency
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4 Rhetoric, Power and Ideology
4.1 An Evolving Conception of Rhetoric
4.1.1 A Glimpse of Classical Rhetoric
4.1.2 An Overview of Rhetoric in Contemporary Times
4.1.3 Three Perspectives of Rhetorical Studies
4.2 Problematning "Rhetoric as Epistemic
4.3 From a Pragmatic View of Rhetoric to Rhetorical Materialism
4.3.1 A Turn in Rhetorical Paradigm
4.3.2 An Anatomy of Rhetorical Materialism
4.3.3 Comparing a Pragmatic Theory of Rhetoric and
Rhetorical Materialism
4.4 A Running Theme in Rhetoric
4.4.1 The Self-effacement of Rhetoric
4.4.2 Rhetoric and Power
4.4.2.1 Rhetoric as Power Articulation
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Chapter 5Deconstruction and Reconstruction:Kenneth Burke's Implication for CDA
Chapter 6 Metaphor as Terministic Screen
Chapter 7 Theoretical Model in Action
Chapter 8 Conclusions and Implications