Chapter 3　Contrastive Rhetoric Research

In this chapter,the development of Contrastive Rhetoric is reviewed by following the work of key researchers in the field,such as Kaplan,Connor,Kubota and Lehner.It starts by tracing back to the start of Contrastive Rhetoric(Kaplan,1966;1967;1983;1976)and then reviews the new development made in Intercultural Rhetoric(Connor,2004a;Connor,2008;Connor,2011b)and Critical Contrastive Rhetoric(Kubota &Lehner,2004).