Rhetoric

Connor, U. (2002). New directions in constrastive rhetoric. TESOL Quaterly, 36(4), 493-510.


Contrastive rhetoric is comparing the stylistic academic writings across languages. In the history of rhetoric studies focus on comparative text, linguistics, writing as a cultural activity, classroom based studies and  genre specific studies.
 Some conclusions-
  Finnish writers write less metatext
  English text used more direct assertive and positive positions
  Japanese writings tend to be more reader responsible and less writer responsible.