In addition, following existing practice (Crookes 1986; Holmes 1997), where a sentence/chunk of text seemed to denote more than one rhetorical function, the solution adopted was to assign the most salient rhetorical function to the text.
But Mr. Morsi, who shares Hamas's roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, did not talk about a two-state solution, instead giving rhetorical support to Hamas and its ideology.
Alex Lightman, an executive from Santa Monica, said the new governor was long on rhetorical flourishes and short on specific solutions about repairing the economy.
They will also divert the campaigns of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama from finding solutions to hurling new rhetorical bombs at each other to prove that each is tougher in the use of military force than the other.
Yet, the diplomat continues sarcastically, Morales is immature as he "seems to prefer to score rhetorical points rather than contribute to a solution".
Obama questioned whether McCain sided with G.O.P. leaders rather than searching for a bipartisan solution; McCain accused Obama of "typical rhetorical gloss" and "self interested partisan posturing" by a newcomer seeking to ingratiate himself with party leaders.
It has been claimed [ 21- 23] that abstracts across scientific disciplines including the biomedical domain follow consistent rhetorical roles or "argumentative moves" (e.g. Problem, Solution, Evaluation, Conclusion).
She never dreamed, she likes to say, that 15 years later she would have to come up with an even bolder solution, but I'd always taken this for rhetorical playfulness.
"In these lost years, we could have slowed global warming and advanced clean energy solutions, but instead America's climate change strategy has been at best rhetorical, not real".
Of a rhetorical and sophistical nature is Simocattes' Peri diaphorōn physikōn aporēmatōn kai epilyseōn autōn ("On the Explanation and Solution of Physical Problems"), composed in dialogue form.
