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Author Mohammed, Dima, author.

Title Argumentation in prime minister's question time : accusation of inconsistency in response to criticism / Dima Mohammed.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 162 pages).
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Series Argumentation in context (AIC), 1877-6884 ; volume 15
Argumentation in context ; v. 15.
Summary "When political actors respond to criticism by pointing at an inconsistency in the critic's position, a tricky political practice emerges. Turning the criticism back to the critic can be a constructive move that restores coherence, but it may also be a disruptive move that silences the critical voice. What distinguishes constructive cases from disruptive ones? This is the question this book sets out to answer. The question is addressed by adopting an argumentative perspective. Argumentation in Prime Minister's Question Time focuses on the turnabout employed by the British Prime Minister in response to the Leader of the Opposition. The turnabout is characterised as a particular way of strategic manoeuvring. The manoeuvring is analysed and evaluated by combining pragmatic, dialectical and rhetorical insights with considerations from the realm of politics. The outcome is an account of the turnabout's strategic functions and an assessment guide for evaluating its reasonableness. The book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of argumentation, discourse analysis, communication and rhetoric"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Tricky turnabouts: accusations of inconsistency in response to criticism -- Confrontational manoeuvring with accusations of inconsistency -- Prime minister's question time -- The strategic function of responding to criticism with accusations of inconsistency in question time -- The reasonableness of responding to criticism with accusations of inconsistency in question time.
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Subject Communication -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
Communication -- Political aspects.
Great Britain.
Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
Inconsistency (Logic)
Inconsistency (Logic)
Conversation analysis -- Great Britain.
Conversation analysis.
Reasoning.
Reasoning.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Language.
Prime ministers.
Interpellation -- Great Britain.
Interpellation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mohammed, Dima. Argumentation in prime minister's question time. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027201744 (DLC) 2018033780
ISBN 9789027263278 (electronic book)
9027263272 (electronic book)
9789027201744 (hardcover)
9027201749 (hardcover)