Articles liés à Arguing and Communicative Asymmetry: The Analysis of...

Arguing and Communicative Asymmetry: The Analysis of the Interactive Process of Arguing in Non-ideal Situations - Couverture souple

Rühl, Marco

 
9783631397664: Arguing and Communicative Asymmetry: The Analysis of the Interactive Process of Arguing in Non-ideal Situations

Synopsis

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.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.