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Диспозиционно-аргументативни аспекти на ефекта на първенството и ефекта на свежестта: завръщане към класическата реторика
Dispositional and argumentative aspects of primacy and recency effects: a return to classical rhetoric

Author(s): Gerasim Petrinski
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Communication studies, Rhetoric
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: primacy effect; recency effect; classical rhetoric; argumentation; stylistics

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this article is to examine and present the rhetorical applications of two important processes affecting human communication – the primacy effect and the recency effect. They are determined by two major factors – the time period by which are separated the messages, and the time that has the audience to make decision and/or to judge upon the orator’s claim. Different models are proposed for intensification of these effects by expanding or reducing the length of the speech on three main levels – the order of delivering the speeches, the order of presenting the information, and the structure of the argument

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 22-48
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Bulgarian