Argumentation in Political Interviews : Analyzing and evaluating responses to accusations of inconsistency.
In Argumentation in Political Interviews Corina Andone uses the pragma-dialectical concept of strategic maneuvering to gain a better understanding of political interviews as argumentative practices. She analyzes and evaluates the way in which politicians react in political interviews to the accusati...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2013.
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Colección: | Argumentation in context ;
v. 5. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Argumentation in Political Interviews; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Responding to an accusation of inconsistency in a political interview; 1.2 A pragma-dialectical perspective on argumentation; 1.3 Objectives and method of the study; 1.4 Organization of the study; 2. Analytically relevant responses to an accusation of inconsistency; 2.2 Communicative and interactional purposes of an accusation of inconsistency; 2.1 Introduction; 2.3 Responses to an accusation of inconsistency; 2.4 Conclusion.
- 3. The political interview as an argumentative activity type3.1 The institutional goal of political interviews; 3.2 The initial situation; 3.3 Starting points; 3.4 Argumentative means; 3.5 The possible outcome; 3.6 Conclusion; 4. Strategic maneuvering in response to an accusation of inconsistency in a political interview; 4.1 Accusations of inconsistency in a political interview; 4.2 Retracting a standpoint in response to an accusation of inconsistency; 4.3 Exploiting commitments to win the discussion; Pattern 1: 'it depends'; Pattern 2: 'we need to be clear'
- Pattern 3: 'there is a world of difference'4.4 Conclusion; 5. The reasonableness of responses to an accusation of inconsistency in a political interview; 5.1 The reasonableness of confrontational strategic maneuvering; 5.2 Soundness conditions; 5.2.1 Soundness condition of openness; 5.2.2 Soundness condition of relevance; 5.2.3 Soundness condition of clarity; 5.3 Conclusion; 6. Conclusion; 6.1 Main findings; 6.2 Implications for further research; References; List of figures; Name index; Subject index.