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Rhetoritherapy Versus The Medical Model: Dealing With Reticence

1977; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03634527709378197

1479-5795

Gerald M. Phillips,

Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

Abstract Anxiety no longer appears to be a major factor in determining treatment for problem communicators. The medical model has been rejected for a rhetorical model which permits a rhetoritherapist to retrain the client in the rhetorical sub‐processes in order to improve his or her communication capability.