Exploring argumentative contexts
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Exploring argumentative contexts
（Argumentation in context / editors Frans van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, v. 4）
John Benjamins, c2012
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In 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 are written by an international group of argumentation scholars, consisting of Corina Andone, Sarah Bigi, Robert T. Craig, Justin Eckstein, Frans H. van Eemeren, Norman Fairclough, Eveline Feteris, Gerd Fritz, Bart Garssen, Kara Gilbert, Thomas Gloning, G. Thomas Goodnight, Dale A. Herbeck, Darrin Hicks, Thomas Hollihan, Jos Hornikx, Isabela Ietcu-Fairclough, Gabor Kutrovatz, Maurizio Manzin, Davide Mazzi, Dima Mohammed, Rudi Palmieri, Angela G. Ray, Patricia Riley, Robert C. Rowland, Peter Schulz, Karen Tracy, and Gergana Zlatkova.
Table of Contents
- 1. List of contributors
- 2. Introduction (by Eemeren, Frans H. van)
- 3. Part I. Political context
- 4. Chapter 1. The reasonableness of confrontational strategic maneuvering in political interviews (by Andone, Corina)
- 5. Chapter 2. Values as premises in practical arguments: Conceptions of justice in the public debate over bankers' bonuses (by Ietcu-Fairclough, Isabela)
- 6. Chapter 3. Exploiting the room for strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse: Dealing with audience demand in the European Parliament (by Eemeren, Frans H. van)
- 7. Chapter 4. Strategic communication: How governments frame arguments in the media (by Riley, Patricia)
- 8. Chapter 5. Arguments about 'rhetoric' in the 2008 US presidential election campaign (by Craig, Robert T.)
- 9. Part II. Historical context
- 10. Chapter 6. Making history by analogy: Frederick Douglass remembers William the Silent (by Ray, Angela G.)
- 11. Chapter 7. Analogy in history: A corpus-based study (by Mazzi, Davide)
- 12. Part III. Legal context
- 13. Chapter 8. A rhetorical approach to legal reasoning: The Italian experience of CERMEG (by Manzin, Maurizio)
- 14. Chapter 9. Strategic manoeuvring in the case of the 'Unworthy spouse' (by Feteris, Eveline T.)
- 15. Chapter 10. Everyday argument strategies in Appellate Court argument about same-sex marriage (by Tracy, Karen)
- 16. Chapter 11. Student speech in public schools: A case study in definitional argument (by Herbeck, Dale A.)
- 17. Part IV. Academic context
- 18. Chapter 12. Expert authority and ad verecundiam arguments (by Kutrovatz, Gabor)
- 19. Chapter 13. Critique and controversy in digital scientific communication: New formats and their affordances (by Fritz, Gerd)
- 20. Part V. Medical context
- 21. Chapter 14. Drug advertising and clinical practice: Positing biopolitics in clinical communication (by Goodnight, G. Thomas)
- 22. Chapter 15. Argumentative insights for the analysis of direct-to-consumer advertising (by Mohammed, Dima)
- 23. Chapter 16. The battle for health care reform and the liberal public sphere (by Rowland, Robert C.)
- 24. Chapter 17. Contextual constraints on argumentation: The case of the medical encounter (by Bigi, Sarah)
- 25. Part VI. Media context
- 26. Chapter 18. The effects of hedges and pledges in advertisements for high and low reputation brands (by Hornikx, Jos)
- 27. Chapter 19. Higher-order strategic maneuvering by shifting standards of reasonableness in cold-war editorial argumentation (by Hicks, Darrin)
- 28. Part VII. Financial context
- 29. Chapter 20. The diversifying of contextual constraints and argumentative strategies in friendly and hostile takeover bids (by Palmieri, Rudi)
- 30. Chapter 21. Reported argumentation in economic-financial news (by Zlatkova, Gergana)
- 31. Name index
- 32. Subject index
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