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Examining Argumentation in Context
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 143.00Examining Argumentation in Context: Fifteen studies on strategic maneuvering contains a selection of papers on strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse. Starting point of all of these contributions is that a satisfactory analysis and evaluation of strategic maneuvering is possible only if the argumentative discourse is first situated in the... more...
Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2010; US$ 143.00In Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse , Frans H. van Eemeren brings together the dialectical and the rhetorical dimensions of argumentation by introducing the concept of strategic maneuvering. Strategic maneuvering refers to the arguer?s continual efforts to reconcile aiming for effectiveness with being reasonable. It takes place in... more...
A Systematic Theory of Argumentation
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00In this book two of the leading figures in argumentation theory present a view of argumentation as a means of resolving differences of opinion by testing the acceptability of the disputed positions. This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation. more...
Pondering on Problems of Argumentation
Springer 2009; US$ 64.99Features essays that deal with theoretical issues in the study of argumentation. Because most of the perspectives on argumentation that are en vogue are represented, this volume provides a multidisciplinary - and as far as different approaches are combined even interdisciplinary - outlook on the state of affairs in argumentation theory. more...
Argumentation in Practice
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2005; US$ 188.00Since the late 1950s the study of argumentation has developed from a marginal part of logic and rhetoric into a genuine interdisciplinary academic discipline. After having first been primarily concerned with creating an adequate philosophical perspective on argumentation, argumentation theorists have gradually shifted their focus of attention to a... more...
Controversy and Confrontation
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2008; US$ 158.00The essays that are collected in Controversy and Confrontation provide a closer insight into the relationship between controversy and confrontation that deepens our understanding of the functioning of argumentative discourse in managing differences of opinion. Their authors stem from two backgrounds. First, the controversy scholars Dascal, Marras,... more...
Exploring Argumentative Contexts
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 149.00In Exploring Argumentative Contexts Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen bring together a broad variety of essays examining argumentation as it occurs in seven communicative domains: the political context, the historical context, the legal context, the academic context, the medical context, the media context, and the financial context. These essays... more...
Speech Acts in Argumentative Discussions
De Gruyter 1984; US$ 133.00Speech Acts In Argumentative Discussions: A Theoretical Model For The Analysis Of Discussions Directed Towards Solving Conflicts Of Opinion (Studies ... In Pragmatics And Discourse Analysis (Pda)) more...
Argumentation
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95This book concentrates on argumentation as it emerges in ordinary discourse, whether the discourse is institutionalized or strictly informal. Crucial concepts from the theory of argumentation are systematically discussed and explained with the help of examples from real-life discourse and texts. The basic principles are explained that are instrumental... more...
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