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OverviewWhy is it that people are often inclined to accept irrational arguments or to reject rational ones? It is, the author argues, because discussions in everyday life are both dialectical--conducted with the best possible solution in mind--and rhetorical--organized by the interactors in the form of a dicursive event. By combining argumentation theoretical and discourse analytical insights and revisiting ancient and medieval rhetoric and dialectics, this study trascends the assumption of a symmetrical communicative situation in which only « good arguments matter. It redefines dialectical concepts, e.g., acceptability or conclusiveness, from a rhetorical and dialogic perspective and is thereby able to address colloquial speech arguing as the inherently asymmetrical discursive event it is. Contents: Argumentation in colloquial speech--Dialogically organized interactive event: Argumentation as a Communicative Phenomenon--Dialogic Rhetoric and Argumentative Semantics--A Typology of Interactive Macro-structures of Arguing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marco RuhlPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing ISBN: 9780820460208ISBN 10: 0820460206 Pages: 335 Publication Date: 01 January 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |