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Original Articles

Words and numbers: Mathematical dimensions of rhetoric

Pages 337-354 | Published online: 01 Apr 2009
 

Abstract

This essay investigates how numbers function rhetorically by influencing persuasive appeals, the structure of messages, and our use of language. The author argues that “three” is the dominant numerical motif of rhetoric in the English language.

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