| Title:
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THE STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENTS
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| By: |
Izchak M. Schlesinger, Tamar Keren-Portnoy, Tamar Parush |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£92.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9027223599 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027223593 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Series: |
Human Cognitive Processing 7 |
| Pages: |
283 |
| Description: |
This text deals with the cognitive structure of arguments. A formal system of analysis is proposed that reflects the reasoning processes leading to an argument. It is argued that behavioural studies of argumentation can be fruitfully conducted on the basis of this system. |
| Synopsis: |
An important tool for scientific study in any field is a formal language in which the phenomena can be described and hypotheses formulated. In this book a formal notation is developed for the description of the cognitive structure of arguments. The analyses based on this notation are more fine-grained than the analyses in previous attempts, and they are applicable not only to arguments but to all types of moves in a discourse. Further, the notational system provides a basis for the description of relations between arguments and the structure of the discourse as a whole. In the final chapter, some empirical studies of retention of arguments in memory and of precis writing are reported, based on hypotheses formulated in terms of the notational system. |
| Illustrations: |
notes, references, index |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
John Benjamins Publishing Co |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |