Vocabulary, Story and Ideology in the Rhetoric of Persuasive Speech

Taking the theories of classical rhetoric as a starting point, we deal with inventio, dispositio, elocutio, memory and actio, common in every communicative act, and we will focus on two essential elements of persuasive rhetoric: one that is related to elocutio, that is, the selected vocabulary that...

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Autor: Santiago-Guervós, Javier de|||0000-0003-0576-802X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:218601
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/218601
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rhetoric
Persuasive discourse
Lexical selection
Story
Communication
Retórica
Discurso persuasivo
Selección léxica
Relato
Comunicación
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Sumario:Taking the theories of classical rhetoric as a starting point, we deal with inventio, dispositio, elocutio, memory and actio, common in every communicative act, and we will focus on two essential elements of persuasive rhetoric: one that is related to elocutio, that is, the selected vocabulary that determines the intention that the source has at the time of making the speech, and the other related to the inventio, that is, the type of discourse selected: the story or the narration as a format in which the discourse is framed to reach the recipient with the least amount of effort, and the greatest possible effectiveness. So, fromthis approach, we will study the word and the "mold" through which the discourse arrives to obtain an emotional response in the recipients.