Keeping in touch with pragma-dialectics [[electronic resource] ] : in honor of Frans H. Van Eemeren / / edited by Eveline T. Feteris, Bart Garssen, Francisca Snoeck Henkemans

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461749903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-12204-9; 9786613122049; 90-272-8703-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EemerenF. H. van <1946-> (Frans Hendrik); FeterisE. T; GarssenBart; Snoeck HenkemansArnolda Francisca
• Disciplina: 401/.45
• Soggetti: Persuasion (Rhetoric); Discourse analysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Maneuvering strategically with dissociation in a political interview; Strategic maneuvering in critical reactions to pragmatic argumentation; Figurative analogy in political argumentation; Anecdotes and arguments; Pragma-dialectical analysis of rhetorical texts; Amplification in strategic maneuvering; Breast cancer screening; A doctor's ethos enhancing maneuvers in medical consultation; "Try the smarter way"; Argument analysis in large scale deliberation; The pragma-dialectical account of argument schemesThe analysis of the strategic function of presentational techniques; Handling counterarguments; On Combining Pragma-Dialectics with Critical Discourse Analysis; Formal dialectical systems and their uses in the study of argumentation; The pragma-dialectical approach to circularity in argumentation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics is written to honor Frans van ; Eemeren and his work in the field of argumentation theory on the occasion of his retirement. The volume contains 17 contributions from teams of authors consisting of a combination of a pragma-dialectician and one or two researchers with a different background in the field of argumentation. In this volume, comparisons between the pragma-dialectical approach and other approaches are made, aspects of strategic maneuvering such as the use of presentational techniques, adaptation to the audience and the selection of topics