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Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse
Frans H. Van; Etc. Eemeren
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Description for Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse
Paperback. Aims to integrate the normative interests of dialectical theories of argumentation with the descriptive interests of the empirical study of everyday language use. Argumentation is examined in a wide variety of contexts, such as everyday conversation, campus evangelism and letters to the press. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Communication. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse analyzes argumentation in ordinary disputes. The analysis begins with an ideal model: a theoretical structure of discourse that might be used to resolve a dispute about the merits of two opposing cases. The ideal model does not describe actual argumentative practice. Argumentative discourse does not always seek genuine resolution and, when it does, the participants may not perform as ideal arguers. A central challenge for argumentation theory is to give an account of argumentation occurring under less-than-ideal conditions and conducted by less-than-ideal participants. The authors offer detailed analysis of argument in such contexts as ordinary conversation, third ... Read more
Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse analyzes argumentation in ordinary disputes. The analysis begins with an ideal model: a theoretical structure of discourse that might be used to resolve a dispute about the merits of two opposing cases. The ideal model does not describe actual argumentative practice. Argumentative discourse does not always seek genuine resolution and, when it does, the participants may not perform as ideal arguers. A central challenge for argumentation theory is to give an account of argumentation occurring under less-than-ideal conditions and conducted by less-than-ideal participants. The authors offer detailed analysis of argument in such contexts as ordinary conversation, third ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817312299
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V9780817312299
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About Frans H. Van; Etc. Eemeren
Frans H. van Eemeren is Professor of Discourse and Argumentation Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. Rob Grootendorst is Associate Professor of Discourse and Argumentation Studies and Chair of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Amsterdam. Sally Jackson and Scott Jacobs are Associate Professors of Communication at the ... Read more
Reviews for Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse
"The book,... a fruitful collaboration between leading scholars in the field, advances a comprehensive and timely program for studies of argumentation.... By reason of its scope and the power of its own argumentation, Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse ought to be recognized as occupying a commanding position among studies of argumentation." - Argumentation