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Apologia in Coaches' Post-game Rhetoric
Sports apologia is a unique type of self-defense discourse, which is particularly made salient following a public team loss. Although previous studies have outlined the necessity of studying sports apologia, few have endeavored to longitudinally investigate head coach rhetoric (Kruse, 1981; …
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We are O.K.: a study of gay apologia
LD2668 .R4 SPCH 1988 R65
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A Transparent Hillary Clinton Through the Lens of Apologia Discourse
In March 2015, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was accused of using her family’s private email server for official government communications. While being a candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election, Clinton has been under public scrutiny for lacking transparency. Clinton has had to …
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Firm's Image Restoration Strategies: Cases in Ethical Apologia in Corporate Crisis
… and mortification (Benoit, 1995). Ethical apologia theory is described in the paper as well as the four factors of verbal defense (Ware and Linkugel, 1973). These four factors are denial, differentiation, bolstering, and transcendence. The paper also studies eight cases of image restoration …
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A translation of Roger Ascham’s Apologia pro Caena Dominica and contextual analysis.
… of a sixteenth century Latin tract entitled Apologia pro Caena Dominica (‘On the Defence of the Lord’s Supper’) written by Roger Ascham. The tract has never been translated and is scarcely referenced in history writing. It is an important work that has major implications for the existing …
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Recognition of the transgender self: an examination of the apologia of the 'pregnant man'
… individuals. It uses the framing and theory of apologia rhetoric to understand Beatie's rhetorical choices. This project classifies and analyzes Beatie's messages, specifically looking for ways Beatie creates agency, identification and blurs his sex/gender identity. In exploring Beatie's …
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Audience effects of apologia : a social science analysis of four subgenres of apologetic discourse
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1979.
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Corporate apologia : Exxon's use of video in response to the Valdez incident.
This thesis explores the genre and subgenres of apologia as they relate to internal corporate discourse, using the first three of a series of video tapes as examples. The tapes were produced by Exxon Corporation and were used as part of an ongoing employee information program designed to update the …
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Satire as Apologia: An Analysis of the Chief Modes of Rhetorical Proof Inthe Apologetic Satires of Alexander Pope
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An analysis of the elements of style in the university sermons of John Henry Newman
… form the substance of the analysis of the Apologia. The use of subordination, repetition, and antithesis in sentence construction; the choice of words to produce rhythm and prove mood, as well as the implied metaphor; and careful blending of these elements into an organic unity which …
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"Petr Eben's Oratorio ""Apologia Sokratus"" (1967) and Ballet ""Curses and Blessings"" (1983): An Interpretative Analysis of the Symbolism Behind the Text Settings and Musical Style"
The dissertation examines the significant features of Eben's music. His melodic style incorporates influences as diverse as Gregorian chant and folk tunes on the one hand, and modern vocal techniques such as Sprechgesang and vocal aleatoricism on the other. His harmonic language includes bitonality …
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Petr Eben's oratorio Apologia Sokratus (1967) and ballet Curses and Blessings (1983): An interpretative analysis of the symbolism behind the text settings and musical style
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"The ""unabashed memoranda"" of the prefaces: Henry James's letter to the world"
… texts, but to serve as an overall statement of apologia for his entire career. The study illustrates how James relies on metaphoric motifs and his own theory of the central consciousness to unify the prefaces. Moreover, James's personification of his art as progeny establishes the New York …
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From father to feminist : "Call her daddy" and the rhetorical function of imperfect feminism.
… parasocial relationship impacts, and feminist apologia rhetoric. Situating these aspects of the podcast within its broader media ecology, it is evident that imperfect feminism functions as affective activism. This thesis demonstrates the significance of imperfect feminism as both a conceptual …
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The Poetics of Conversion: Salvation and Self-Justification in the Modern Autobiographical Novel
… nuova, Bunyan's Grace Abounding..., and Newman's Apologia pro vita sua. But the question, "What must I do to be saved?" need not be restricted to the Christian world. Many recent critics of autobiography have remarked upon the fact that conversions are prevalent in secular autobiographies and may …
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The foreign policy of Sir Edward Grey : Germany and the ententes with France and Russia, 1905-1914
… of his ideas and motives, rather than as an apologia. It is on the basis of Grey's own account of his policy that the source material on British foreign policy between 1905 and 1914, mainly the British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914, has been interpreted. As G. M. Trevelyan, …
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A Values-Affirmation Model for Higher Education Crisis Communication
… as a change in genre, a move away from <italic>apologia</italic> toward <italic>epideixis</italic>.
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The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, the Expression of Pope's Ideal of the Gentleman
… That Pone himself considered the Epistle his Apologia is indicated in his correspondence with Dr. Arbuthnot. After thanking the doctor for his advice concerning satire. Pope writes: I "determined to address to</p> <p>you one of my epistles . . . wherein the question is stated, what were, and …
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