Analysis and evaluation of argumentative discourse

Authors
Publication date 2015
Host editors
  • F.H. van Eemeren
Book title Reasonableness and Effectiveness in Argumentative Discourse: Fifty Contributions to the Development of Pragma-Dialectics
ISBN
  • 9783319209555
Series Argumentation Library, 27
Pages (from-to) 507-519
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract Although Renkema’s Introduction to Discourse Studies (2004: Chap. 12) provides a useful introduction to the study of argumentation, this brief account does not provide a full characterization of the field. Among the dominant approaches to argumentative discourse a general distinction can be made between dialectical approaches, which view argumentation from a critical perspective as aimed at establishing the tenability of the standpoints at issue, and rhetorical approaches valuing its practical effectiveness.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20955-5_26
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