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dc.contributor.advisorEwbank, Henry L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorArchias, Susan Dana, 1953-
dc.creatorArchias, Susan Dana, 1953-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-28T10:12:25Z
dc.date.available2013-03-28T10:12:25Z
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/276653
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explains the "systematic" refinement of Kenneth Burke's theoretical process through his development of a theological paradigm for the dramatistic vocabulary. It describes the merging metaphysical and dialectical issues in Burke's critical thought and locates a theoretical shift in A Grammar of Motives, where Burke posits the prototype for his key term, "act." The study then interprets the formal treatment of the prototype in The Rhetoric of Religion: Studies in Logology, and demonstrates how the derived paradigm maintains and advances the convergence of metaphysics and dialectics, and how it reestablishes the interaction between language structure and usage in two types of definition or explanation (temporal-logical, narrative-tautological). This thesis also describes the purpose and functional range of Logology.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectCommunication -- Methodology.en_US
dc.subjectLanguage and languages -- Philosophy.en_US
dc.subjectBurke, Kenneth, 1897-en_US
dc.titleKenneth Burke's approach to language and theory constructionen_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc19296140en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1333222en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunicationen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b16748037en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-07-14T02:36:35Z
html.description.abstractThis thesis explains the "systematic" refinement of Kenneth Burke's theoretical process through his development of a theological paradigm for the dramatistic vocabulary. It describes the merging metaphysical and dialectical issues in Burke's critical thought and locates a theoretical shift in A Grammar of Motives, where Burke posits the prototype for his key term, "act." The study then interprets the formal treatment of the prototype in The Rhetoric of Religion: Studies in Logology, and demonstrates how the derived paradigm maintains and advances the convergence of metaphysics and dialectics, and how it reestablishes the interaction between language structure and usage in two types of definition or explanation (temporal-logical, narrative-tautological). This thesis also describes the purpose and functional range of Logology.


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