| Arguing and Communicative Asymmetry: The Analysis of the Interactive Process of Arguing in Non-Ideal Situations Contributor(s): Rühl, Marco (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631397666 ISBN-13: 9783631397664 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $120.08 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Philosophy - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 808 |
| LCCN: 2002034018 |
| Series: European University Studies: Series 13 |
| Physical Information: 338 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |