David Kaufer

Memories of Lincoln as Cold War Propaganda

Michigan State University Press eBooks, Sep 1, 2018

Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing

College Composition and Communication, May 1, 1992

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Advancing the validity argument for standardized writing tests using quantitative rhetorical analysis

Language Testing, Dec 21, 2017

Essay writing is a common type of constructed-response task used frequently in standardized writi... more Essay writing is a common type of constructed-response task used frequently in standardized writing assessments. However, the impromptu timed nature of the essay writing tests has drawn increasing criticism for the lack of authenticity for real-world writing in classroom and workplace settings. The goal of this paper is to contribute evidence to a validity argument for standardized writing tests. Using measurements of distances between rhetorical profiles in the corpora of interest, we examined connections between argumentative writing on standardized assessments and in external writing situations; namely, opinionated writing in academic and real-life settings. The results show that test corpora, focusing on argumentation in two standardized tests, are rhetorically similar to academic argumentative writing in a graduate-school setting, and about as similar as a corpus of civic writing in the same genre. The proximity between the test corpora

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Rhetoric and the arts of design

Choice Reviews Online, Oct 1, 1996

... Cheryl Geisler (chair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Chris Neuwirth (Carnegie Mellon),... more

Computer-Aided Close Reading

Routledge eBooks, Aug 31, 2022

Analyzing the Language of Citation across Discipline and Experience Levels: An Automated Dictionary Approach

Journal of Writing Research, Feb 1, 2016

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An investigation of the formal theory of grammatical competence and two empirical interpretations of that theory

UMI eBooks, 1979

The influence of Plato's developing psychology on his views of rhetoric

Quarterly Journal of Speech, Feb 1, 1978

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A Corpus Study of Canned Letters: Mining the Latent Rhetorical Proficiencies Marketed to Writers-in-a-Hurry and Non-Writers

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Sep 1, 2006

AbstractCorpus studies are revolutionizing the study of language practice, including professiona... more

The Power of Words

Contents: T. Oakley, Foreword. Preface. Introduction: Words and Their Potency for Priming Audienc... more Contents: T. Oakley, Foreword. Preface. Introduction: Words and Their Potency for Priming Audiences. Part I:Preliminaries. Priming Audience and Practices of Literacy. Cataloging English Strings for Their Priming Potencies: A Report of a Research Study. Methods for Selecting and Catloging Strings. The Catalog Hierarchy. The Hierarchy in Relation to Previous Scholarship. Part II:Results: The Catalog in Depth. Cluster 1: Internal Perspectives. Cluster 2: Relational Perspectives, Part I. Cluster 2: Relational Perspectives, Part II. Cluster 3: External Perspectives. Part III:Implications and Applications of Rhetorical Priming Theory. Using Priming Strings to Analyze Corpora of Texts.

Integrating Formal Logic and the New Rhetoric: A Four-Stage Heuristic

College English, Apr 1, 1983

Page 1. David S. Kaufer and Christine M. Neuwirth Integrating Formal Logic and the New Rhetoric: ... more

Lincoln Reminiscences and Nineteenth-Century Portraiture: The Private Virtues of Presidential Character

Rhetoric and public affairs, Jun 1, 2012

This essay examines reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln that were published in the aftermath of his ... more This essay examines reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln that were published in the aftermath of his death by those who had interacted with Lincoln personally. An understudied genre y Lincoln reminiscences offered judgments of Lincolns character through a portraiture style designed to make salient private as well as public dimensions of his character. We historicize the rhetoric of portraiture and trace the rise of reminiscence out of biography as a stand-alone genre, which reached unprecedented popularity in the competitive subgenre of the Lincoln reminiscence. We argue that Lincoln reminiscences featured a balance of common and uncommon virtues thought essential for a president, a balance that helped democratize and humanize presidential character.

A first for women in the kingdom: Arab/west representations of female trendsetters in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, Nov 1, 2009

Postcolonial and media literatures have documented the West's association with Muslim/Arab wo... more Postcolonial and media literatures have documented the West's association with Muslim/Arab woman and images of passivity and oppression. The literature has yet to systematically consider western depictions of the Muslim Arab woman who is a trendsetter. How does the western press depict this powerful woman and do western and Arab media depict this woman similarly or differently? This article reports on a discourse analytical study of 32 articles that mention prominent Saudi women achieving positive firsts in the Kingdom, half from the Arab press and half from the western press. The articles were coded along 27 discourse variables and then statistically analysed for discourse strategies. Western articles diverged considerably in genre and register. Though replication is required, this study suggests that in response to the consistent findings of western orientalist depictions of Muslim woman in weak roles, the western press exhibits wider variation depicting powerful Saudi women.

Genre variation and minority ethnic identity: exploring the ‘personal profile’ in Indian American community publications

Discourse & Society, Nov 1, 2006

ABSTRACT . Indian Americans, along with other Asian American groups, are victims of the &#x27... more

Irony, Interpretive Form, and the Theory of Meaning

Poetics Today, 1983

Page 1. IRONY, INTERPRETIVE FORM, AND THE THEORY OF MEANING DAVID S. KAUFER English, Carnegie-Mel... more

The DocuScope project

Studies in corpus linguistics, Jun 15, 2023

Strategic language as a family of identity-based discourse registers

Studies in corpus linguistics, Jun 15, 2023

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign memoirs: A study in contrasting identities

Quarterly Journal of Speech, Sep 19, 2016

This paper aims to explore how a political leader can propagate ideology through the tactful use ... more This paper aims to explore how a political leader can propagate ideology through the tactful use of language. It has been investigated how different linguistic tools have been used to project or achieve political objectives. Therefore, the paper is devoted to the exploration of persuasive and manipulative strategies utilized by the democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in her campaign speeches. This paper is framed under the scope of discourse analysis wherein three speeches of Hillary Clinton are highlighted to fathom the ways in which she mesmerizes her audience through the use of certain linguistic and rhetorical devices and crafts to inject her ultimate goal of persuading people and indoctrinate her ideology so as to gain as many voters as possible .The selected speeches have been analyzed qualitatively using analytical framework of Barbra Johnstone's work (2008) about persuasive strategies.

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Computer support for distributed collaborative writing

Scalable Writing Pedagogy for Strengthening Cohesion with Interactive Visualization

The current pedagogy on cohesion in writing relies primarily on traditional static charts to depi... more The current pedagogy on cohesion in writing relies primarily on traditional static charts to depict topical connections across sentences. However, since charts are manually generated, they are not practical for inspecting a text during the revision process. We have developed a visualization tool called OnTopic, designed to guide students’ attention to their composing choices that support coherent writing. OnTopic uses natural language processing algorithms to dynamically visualize the topical structure of the student’s draft and thereby help students’ confront and learn to account for their composing decisions. This paper reports on a pilot study that evaluated OnTopic in a series of writing workshops. The results suggest that most students were able to successfully assess their writing from the perspective of topical structure, and develop a plan for specific revisions.

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