Arguing and Communicative Asymmetry: The Analysis of the Interactive Process of Arguing in Non-ideal Situations: 263 (European University Studies: French Language and Literature, 13) - Softcover

Rühl, Marco

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ISBN 10: 3631397666 ISBN 13: 9783631397664

Verlag: Peter Lang, 2002

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Why 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 discursive event. By combining argumentation theoretical and discourse analytical insights and revisiting ancient and medieval rhetoric and dialectics, this study transcends 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.

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The Author: Marco Rühl studied Romance Languages and Literatures, German, Rhetoric, and Discourse and Argumentation at the Universities of Marburg, Germany, Paris-Sorbonne, France, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is currently an Assistant Professor for Romance Lingui-stics and French Language teaching at the University of Kiel, Germany. His research focus includes Discourse and Multimedia, IT Media in Teaching Environments, and Language Policies.

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• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 3631397666
• ISBN 13: 9783631397664
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336