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Author Schlesinger, I. M.

Title The structure of arguments / Izchak M. Schlesinger, Tamar Keren-Portnoy, Tamar Parush.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 263 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 7
Human cognitive processing ; v. 7. 1387-6724
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and indexes.
Contents The Structure of Arguments; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Reasoning and arguing; Chapter 2 Arguments as operations; Chapter 3 Operators, targets, outcomes; Chapter 4 Compounds; Chapter 5 Justi W cations; Chapter 6 Con X ations; Chapter 7 Questions; Chapter 8 Connections; Chapter 9 Relations within and between arguments; Chapter 10 Expressed arguments; Notes; References; Appendices; Author index; Subject index; List of symbols.
Summary 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, s.
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Subject Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Reasoning.
Reasoning.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Keren-Portnoy, Tamar.
Parush, Tamar.
Other Form: Print version: Schlesinger, I.M. Structure of arguments. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2001 (DLC) 2001035012
ISBN 1588110702 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781588110701 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789027298294 (electronic book)
9027298297 (electronic book)