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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790075503321

Titolo

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

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

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