Rhetorical situation is not simply rhetorical in nature,but is an open system with characteristics of the root metaphor,in addition to the property of language context,it has a property of non-linguistic context,non-linguistic context includes situational context,cultural context,and social context.
修辞情境不单纯是修辞性的,而是具有根隐喻特征的开放体系,除了具有"言语语境"的属性外,还具有"非言语语境"的属性,非言语语境包括情境语境、文化语境、社会语境三种形态。
参考来源 - 修辞情境与语言意义体系的建构