This study is a contribution to the recently introduced notion of argumentative style (van Eemere... more This study is a contribution to the recently introduced notion of argumentative style (van Eemeren 2019) in the framework of the pragma-dialectical approach. It aims at characterizing a detached argumentative style, by focusing on a speech event pertaining to the communicative activity type organizational discourse, a report on EU environment and climate change policies. The analysis concerns the executive summary and the key findings of the report, reconstructed in the analysis as the concluding stage of the critical discussion corresponding to the pragma-dialectical model. The notion of text type (Adam 1992) used in the analysis has allowed a more fine-grained characterization of the detached argumentative style, especially since the communicative practice under analysis displays a specific discourse format and structure for reasons of conventionalization and institutionalization. In such circumstances, determined by the type of conventionalization imposed by the context, the adoption of a detached argumentative style appears to be a pre-requisite. In the concluding stage of a critical discussion the difference of opinion is not restated, while the most significant standpoints are synthetically (re)presented by an adequate balance of narrative, descriptive and metadiscursive text strategies meant to support the objectivity, the conciseness of the presentation and also ensuring the necessary density of information required in a report summary or the presentation of key findings, respectively. While explicit negative evaluations or formulations of standpoints are avoided, the recommendations are presented as open to adoption or reconsideration by policymakers.
Le français à l'université. Bulletin des départements de français dans le monde, May 9, 2016
Dans leur preface, concernant le discours et la communication en FLE, les editeurs du volume font... more Dans leur preface, concernant le discours et la communication en FLE, les editeurs du volume font une presentation assez detaillee des recherches presentees au colloque sur le meme theme organise par l’Universite de Nantes et l’Universite du Yarmouk en Jordanie. Le volume s’interesse a la valorisation des recherches en linguistique dans le domaine de la didactique des langues etrangeres, et plus particulierement du francais.La premiere partie de la monographie presente les fondements theoriques (...)
Argumentation as the public exchange of reasons is widely thought to enhance deliberative interac... more Argumentation as the public exchange of reasons is widely thought to enhance deliberative interactions that generate and justify reasonable public policies. Adopting an argumentation-theoretic perspective, we survey the norms that should govern public argumentation and address some of the complexities that scholarly treatments have identified. Our focus is on norms associated with the ideals of correctness and participation as sources of a politically legitimate deliberative outcome. In principle, both ideals are mutually coherent. If the information needed for a correct deliberative outcome is distributed among agents, then maximising participation increases information diversity. But both ideals can also be in tension. If participants lack competence or are prone to biases, a correct deliberative outcome requires limiting participation. The central question for public argumentation, therefore, is how to strike a balance between both ideals. Rather than advocating a preferred norma...
Pour l’un comme pour l’autre*, écrire représentait – de la façonla plus aiguë – un moyen de se si... more Pour l’un comme pour l’autre*, écrire représentait – de la façonla plus aiguë – un moyen de se situer hors du temps.(* Il s’agit de Marcel Proust et de Raymond Roussel.)Michel Leiris, Lettre à Zette, 19 novembre 1939,in La Règle du jeu, p. 1296 Cette étude considère L’Espace littéraire de Maurice Blanchot comme une argumentation en faveur de l’idée que l’œuvre crée un espace, espace dont une caractéristique essentielle est celle d’arracher l’auteur, comme le lecteur, au temps quotidien, de le..
ABSTRACT Gâţă, Anca (2006). Argumentation et types d’arguments dans le discours scientifique. In ... more ABSTRACT Gâţă, Anca (2006). Argumentation et types d’arguments dans le discours scientifique. In Adela Drăgan & Anca Gâţă (Éds), Colloque International “Le Discours de spécialité – Théorie et pratique”, Actes du Colloque (28-29 octobre 2005): 40-54. Galaţi. Galaţi: Europlus. The article views scientific discourse as part of the public sphere. It aims at partially answering the following questions: Which standpoints are usually at issue in scientific communication? Which types and sub-types of arguments can be found in scientific articles and, more generally, in scientific communication? Which are the linguistic means, or indicators, that are used to present such arguments in discourse? How could such arguments serve other purposes than solely those of defending the standpoints usually at issue in scientific communication? The main category of argument identified as specific of scientific discourse is the argument by fact, under the heading of which the present research brings the arguments of quantity, of quality, of definition, of example, etc.
This position paper of Working Group 2 of the European Network for Argumentation and Public Polic... more This position paper of Working Group 2 of the European Network for Argumentation and Public Policy Analysis (COST Action CA17132; https://publicpolicyargument.eu) reviews goals and functions of public argumentation. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, the paper introduces basic distinctions and charts out options. It is meant to guide reflection on the conceptual basis for the Action’s subsequent research regarding the analysis, evaluation, and design of public argumentation.
This study is a contribution to the recently introduced notion of argumentative style (van Eemere... more This study is a contribution to the recently introduced notion of argumentative style (van Eemeren 2019) in the framework of the pragma-dialectical approach. It aims at characterizing a detached argumentative style, by focusing on a speech event pertaining to the communicative activity type organizational discourse, a report on EU environment and climate change policies. The analysis concerns the executive summary and the key findings of the report, reconstructed in the analysis as the concluding stage of the critical discussion corresponding to the pragma-dialectical model. The notion of text type (Adam 1992) used in the analysis has allowed a more fine-grained characterization of the detached argumentative style, especially since the communicative practice under analysis displays a specific discourse format and structure for reasons of conventionalization and institutionalization. In such circumstances, determined by the type of conventionalization imposed by the context, the adoption of a detached argumentative style appears to be a pre-requisite. In the concluding stage of a critical discussion the difference of opinion is not restated, while the most significant standpoints are synthetically (re)presented by an adequate balance of narrative, descriptive and metadiscursive text strategies meant to support the objectivity, the conciseness of the presentation and also ensuring the necessary density of information required in a report summary or the presentation of key findings, respectively. While explicit negative evaluations or formulations of standpoints are avoided, the recommendations are presented as open to adoption or reconsideration by policymakers.
Le français à l'université. Bulletin des départements de français dans le monde, May 9, 2016
Dans leur preface, concernant le discours et la communication en FLE, les editeurs du volume font... more Dans leur preface, concernant le discours et la communication en FLE, les editeurs du volume font une presentation assez detaillee des recherches presentees au colloque sur le meme theme organise par l’Universite de Nantes et l’Universite du Yarmouk en Jordanie. Le volume s’interesse a la valorisation des recherches en linguistique dans le domaine de la didactique des langues etrangeres, et plus particulierement du francais.La premiere partie de la monographie presente les fondements theoriques (...)
Argumentation as the public exchange of reasons is widely thought to enhance deliberative interac... more Argumentation as the public exchange of reasons is widely thought to enhance deliberative interactions that generate and justify reasonable public policies. Adopting an argumentation-theoretic perspective, we survey the norms that should govern public argumentation and address some of the complexities that scholarly treatments have identified. Our focus is on norms associated with the ideals of correctness and participation as sources of a politically legitimate deliberative outcome. In principle, both ideals are mutually coherent. If the information needed for a correct deliberative outcome is distributed among agents, then maximising participation increases information diversity. But both ideals can also be in tension. If participants lack competence or are prone to biases, a correct deliberative outcome requires limiting participation. The central question for public argumentation, therefore, is how to strike a balance between both ideals. Rather than advocating a preferred norma...
Pour l’un comme pour l’autre*, écrire représentait – de la façonla plus aiguë – un moyen de se si... more Pour l’un comme pour l’autre*, écrire représentait – de la façonla plus aiguë – un moyen de se situer hors du temps.(* Il s’agit de Marcel Proust et de Raymond Roussel.)Michel Leiris, Lettre à Zette, 19 novembre 1939,in La Règle du jeu, p. 1296 Cette étude considère L’Espace littéraire de Maurice Blanchot comme une argumentation en faveur de l’idée que l’œuvre crée un espace, espace dont une caractéristique essentielle est celle d’arracher l’auteur, comme le lecteur, au temps quotidien, de le..
ABSTRACT Gâţă, Anca (2006). Argumentation et types d’arguments dans le discours scientifique. In ... more ABSTRACT Gâţă, Anca (2006). Argumentation et types d’arguments dans le discours scientifique. In Adela Drăgan & Anca Gâţă (Éds), Colloque International “Le Discours de spécialité – Théorie et pratique”, Actes du Colloque (28-29 octobre 2005): 40-54. Galaţi. Galaţi: Europlus. The article views scientific discourse as part of the public sphere. It aims at partially answering the following questions: Which standpoints are usually at issue in scientific communication? Which types and sub-types of arguments can be found in scientific articles and, more generally, in scientific communication? Which are the linguistic means, or indicators, that are used to present such arguments in discourse? How could such arguments serve other purposes than solely those of defending the standpoints usually at issue in scientific communication? The main category of argument identified as specific of scientific discourse is the argument by fact, under the heading of which the present research brings the arguments of quantity, of quality, of definition, of example, etc.
This position paper of Working Group 2 of the European Network for Argumentation and Public Polic... more This position paper of Working Group 2 of the European Network for Argumentation and Public Policy Analysis (COST Action CA17132; https://publicpolicyargument.eu) reviews goals and functions of public argumentation. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, the paper introduces basic distinctions and charts out options. It is meant to guide reflection on the conceptual basis for the Action’s subsequent research regarding the analysis, evaluation, and design of public argumentation.
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