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ERIC Number: EJ431136
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0731-6755
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Language and the Facilitation of Authority: The Discourse of Noam Chomsky (Reader Response).
Beaugrande, Robert de
Journal of Advanced Composition, v11 n2 p425-42 Fall 1991
Applies discourse analysis to an interview with Noam Chomsky to show the use of language to facilitate authority. Discusses idealism and scientism, change and the role of the intellectual, Chomsky's dualism, his "problem," his method, creativity and composition, activism and the intellectual, and the future of intellectualism. (PRA)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Interviews, Rhetorical Theory, Trend Analysis, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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