Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse (Studies in Rhetoric and Communication) - Softcover

Van Eemeren, Frans H.; Grootendorst, Rob; Jackson, Sally; Jacobs, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817306978 ISBN 13: 9780817306977

Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr, 1993

Synopsis

Communications scholars from the University of Amsterdam and of Arizona analyze argumentation in ordinary disputes. They present an ideal model, and show how it works in an ideal situation, such as a dispute about the merits of two opposing cases. Then they start looking at the real world: ordinary conversation, third-party mediation, religious confrontations, cases in which at least one of the participants is not looking for resolution, and so on. Accessible to nonspecialists. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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About the Author

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Frans H. van Eemeren is Professor of Discourse and Argumentation Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Amsterdam.Rob Grootendorst is Associate Professor of Discourse and Argumentation Studies and Chair of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Amsterdam.Sally Jackson and Scott Jacobs are Associate Professors of Communication at the University of Arizona.

Review

"The book, ... a fruitful collaboration between leading scholars in the field, advances a comprehensive and timely program for sutdies of argumentation .... By reason of its scope and the power of its own argumentation, Reconstructiong Argumentatvie Discourse ought to be recognized as occupying a commanding position among studies of argumentation."—Argumentation

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“A pioneering work.... The authors show that there is much to be gained from reconciling descriptive and normative approaches to the study of argumentation.” –Joseph W. Wenzel, University of Illinois-Urbana

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817306978
• ISBN 13: 9780817306977
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216