Argumentative Indicators in Discourse: A Pragma-Dialectical Study

by Frans H. van Eemeren, Peter Houtlosser, A.F. Snoeck Henkemans

Overview

Argumentative Indicators: A Pragma-Dialectical Study identifies and analyses English words and expressions that are crucial for an adequate reconstruction of argumentative discourse. It provides the analyst of argumentative discussions and texts with a systematic set of instruments for giving a well founded analysis which results in an analytic overview of the elements that are relevant for the evaluation of the argumentation. In the book a systematic connection is made between linguistic insights into the characteristics of argumentative discourse and insights from argumentation theory into the resolution of differences of opinion by means of argumentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048175802
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	11/24/2010
Series:	Argumentation Library , #12
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

The Identification of Argumentative Indicators.- The Ideal Model of a Critical Discussion as a Theoretical Framework.- Indicators of Confrontation.- Indicators of the Distribution of the Burden of Proof.- Indicators of Starting Points for the Discussion.- Indicators of Argument Schemes.- Indicators of the Argumentation Structure.- Indicators of the Conclusion of a Discussion.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book deals with argumentative indicators, which have so far not been dealt with in such detail within Pragma-Dialectics. … All in all, then, ‘Argumentative Indicators in Discourse’ should become an indispensable part of the analytical tool kit of every argumentation scholar. … I would like to state once more that van Eemeren et al. have made an important and extremely useful contribution to the study of argumentation, which will be greatly enhanced by this clear and well-founded overview about argumentative indicators in discourse.”­­­ (Manfred Kienpointner, Argumentation, Vol. 24, March, 2010)

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