Argumentation Through Languages and Cultures

Contents
Argumentation Through Languages and Cultures
Abstract
References
Political Argumentation by Reciting Poems in the Spring and Autumn Period of Ancient China
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Generalized Argumentation Theory
2.1 Generalized argumentation
2.2 The Basic Structure of Generalized Argumentation
2.3 Methodology for Generalized Argumentation: Localized Procedure
3 Cultural Background of Political Argumentation by Reciting Poems
3.1 The Cultural Principle of Li (礼)3
3.2 Power Struggle and Li
3.3 The Important Roles of Poems in the Spring and Autumn Period and Reciting Poems
4 A Case Study of the Political Argumentation by Reciting Poems
4.1 A Case of Political Argumentation by Reciting Poems
4.2 Round One
4.3 Round Two
4.4 Round Three
4.5 The Reasonableness of the Rules of Political Argumentation by Reciting Poems
4.6 Test of Rules
4.7 Little Red Book Quotation Fight: A Similar Phenomenon
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Jain Philosophers in the Debating Hall of Classical India
Abstract
1 Introductive Remarks
1.1 The Place of Argumentation in India
1.2 The Rules of Rational Debate
1.3 Jainism and Argumentation
2 Argumentation in Early Jain Canonical Literature
2.1 Magical Powers in the Debating Hall
2.2 Considerations on Convincing Reasoning in the Canon
3 Systematic Considerations on Argumentation
3.1 The Constituents of Inference
3.2 The Grounds of Inference
3.3 The Types of Inference
4 Other Types of Sophistication in Rational Debates
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Attack, Defense and Counter-Attack in the Inuit Duel Songs of Ammassalik
Abstract
1 Duel Songs in the Ammassalik Culture
1.1 The Scenario
1.1.1 A Conflictual Event
1.1.2 Appellant and Defendant
1.1.3 Summoning the Offender to the Duel and Waiting for Him
1.1.4 The Duel
1.1.5 The Sanction of the Audience
1.2 Specificities and Functions of the Song Duel
1.2.1 Ordeal, Verbal Duel and Song Duel
1.2.2 Functions of the Duel Songs
2 An Argumentative Reading of the Ammassalik Songs
2.1 Verbal Duel as an Argumentative Genre
2.2 Contradiction, Issue
3 Laying the Charge
4 Dealing with the Charge
4.1 Dismissing the Appellant
4.2 Dismissing the Charge: “I Didn’t Do It!”
4.3 The Controversial Action is Acknowledged and Justified
4.4 Acknowledging and Re-interpreting the Facts
4.5 Counter-Accusing
4.5.1 The Counter-Accusation Relates to the Same Field
4.5.2 The Counter-Accusation Reverses the Charge
5 Conclusions: Results and Limitations
5.1 A Classification of the Respondent’s Defense Strategies
5.2 Limitations Coming from the Data Considered
5.3 A Performance
Acknowledgements
References
Arsyad Al-Banjari’s Dialectical Model for Integrating Indonesian Traditional Uses into Islamic Law
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Basics on Qiyās
3 Arsyad Al-Banjari’s Jadal: Two Dialogues on Integration7
3.1 Qiyās al-Shabah on Manyanggar and Mambuang Pasilih
3.1.1 Brief Remarks on the Cultural and Philosophical Background
3.1.2 An Overall View of the Argument
3.1.3 The Dialogue on Manyanggar and Mambuang Pasilih
3.1.4 Elements for a Dialectical Analysis of the Argument
3.2 Al-Banjari’s Jadal for a qiyās al-‘illa on Lahang
3.2.1 An Overall View of the Argument
3.2.2 Dialogue on Fermented Lahang
3.2.3 Elements for a Dialectical Analysis of the Argument
4 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Annotating Argument Schemes
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Argument Scheme Corpora
2.1 Conceptions of Argument Schemes
2.2 Existing Argument Scheme Annotations
2.3 Argument Scheme Annotation Task
2.3.1 Source Data
2.3.2 The US2016 Corpus
2.3.3 Annotation Procedure
3 Annotation Guidelines for Argument Schemes
3.1 Annotation with Douglas Walton’s Taxonomy
3.1.1 Taxonomy of Argumentation Schemes
3.1.2 Annotation Guidelines for Walton’s Taxonomy
3.2 Annotation with Jean Wagemans’ Periodic Table of Arguments
3.2.1 Periodic Table of Arguments
3.2.2 Annotation Guidelines for Wagemans’ Periodic Table of Arguments
4 Annotation Results
4.1 Results of Annotation with Walton’s Taxonomy
4.2 Results of Annotation with the Periodic Table of Arguments
4.3 Comparison of Results
5 Evaluation and Revision of Annotation Methods
5.1 Discussion of Guidelines for Walton’s Taxonomy
5.2 Discussion of Guidelines for Wagemans’ Periodic Table of Arguments
6 Applications of Annotated Argument Scheme Corpora
6.1 Argument Mining
6.2 Rhetorical Profiling
7 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Reconstructing Multimodal Arguments in Advertisements: Combining Pragmatics and Argumentation Theory
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Text and Text Genre
2.2 Argumentation—From a Strictly Linguistic Approach to a Broad Text Genre Perspective
2.3 A Multimodal Text Approach
3 Methodology
3.1 Explicatures: Disambiguation, Specification, Enrichment
3.2 Polyphonic Structure
3.3 Presuppositions and Polyphony
3.4 Purpose of the Utterance and What is Meant—Higher-Order Explicatures
3.5 Reconstruction of Further Argumentative Inferences
4 Applying the Analytical Framework
4.1 Analysis of the Context and the Semantic representation of the Message
4.2 Explicatures: Polyphony
4.3 Explicatures: Specifications
4.4 Higher Order Explicatures
4.5 Further Argumentative Inferences
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
The Study of Metaphor in Argumentation Theory
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 Argumentative Functions
2.2 Types of Metaphor
3 Approaches to Metaphor in Argumentation Theory
3.1 The Linguistic Dimension of Metaphor
3.2 The Conceptual Dimension of Metaphor
3.3 The Communicative Dimension of Metaphor
4 Function of Metaphor in Argumentative Discourse
4.1 Argumentative Functions of Metaphor
4.2 Metaphor as Standpoint
4.3 Metaphors as Starting Points
4.4 Metaphor as Argument
4.4.1 Metaphor as Figurative Analogy Argument
4.4.2 Metaphors as Other Types of Argument
4.4.3 Metaphors as Rebuttal Analogies
5 Overview of Functions and Dimensions of Metaphor
6 Conclusion and Discussion
Acknowledgements
References