Interpreting Straw Man Argumentation: The Pragmatics of Quotation and Reporting

by Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno

Book Overview

Provides a unique analysis of the uses and the dangerous effects of quotations in political discourse and legal cases

Offers a method and a procedure for evaluating quotes and misquotes

Analyzes quotation from a dialectic and a rhetoric perspective

Investigates the tacit dimension of communication in terms of argument

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319625446
• ISBN13: 9783319625447
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"