...terminology, particularly in connection with the imputing of motives. The Dramatistic Approach to Action Dramatism centers on observations of this sort: for...called an act in the full sense of the term only if it involves a purpose (that is, if a support happens to give way and one falls, such motion on the...

...selection of these terms, as the elements of a grammar of motives, as follows: Dramatism centers in observations of this sort: for there to be an act,...act in a scene, the agent must employ some means, an agency. And it can be called an action in the full sense of the terms only if it involves a purpose....

...terms or categories by means of which a discourse can be analysed. His dramatistic grammar centres on observations of this sort: for there to be an act,...scene, the agent must employ some means or agency and there cannot be an act, in the full sense of the term, unless there is a purpose. These five terms...

...prepaid group practice format of health care delivery and finance. Burke succinctly presents his pentad: "For there to be an act, there must be an agent. Similarly,...acts. To act in a scene, the agent must employ some mean, or agency. And it can be called an act in the full sense of the term only if it involves a purpose"...

...of verbal terms or categories by means of which a discourse can be analyzed. His dramatistic grammar centers on observations of this sort: for there to...scene, the agent must employ some means or agency, and there cannot be an act, in the full sense of the term, unless there is a purpose. These five terms—act,...

...components of dramatism have been developed by Kenneth Burke: For there to be an act, there must he an agent. Similarly, there must be a scene in which...called an act in the full sense of the term only if it involves a purpose. . . . These five terms (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose) have been labelled...

...and begin a new one.57 The analytical components of dramatism have been developed by Kenneth Burke: For there to be an act, there must be an agent. Similarly,...called an act in the full sense of the term only if it involves a purpose . . . These five terms (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose) have been labelled...

...in connection with the imputing of motives. THE DRAMATISTIC APPROACH TO ACTION Dramatism centers in observations of this sort: for there to be an act,...called an act in the full sense of the term only if it involves a purpose (that is, if a support happens to give way and one falls, such motion on the...

..."act." "Act" is thus a terministic center from which a whole universe of terms is "derived." . . . Dramatism centers on observations of this sort: For...scene, the agent must employ some means, or agency. And there cannot be an act, in the full sense of the term, unless there is a purpose In A Grammar of Motives,...

...are involved in "action." Act is thus the key term of dramatism from which related concepts derive. For there to be an act, there must be an agent. Similarly, there must be a scene in which the agent acts, through some means or agency, involving some purpose (Burke. 1968b, pp. 445-446; 1969a, p. xv). Act....