The Structure of Arguments
- Author(s): Izchak M. Schlesinger 1 , Tamar Keren-Portnoy 1 and Tamar Parush 1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Format: PDF
- Publication Date October 2001
- e-Book ISBN: 9789027298294
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.7
An important tool for scientific study in any field is a formal language in which the phenomena can be described and hypotheses formulated. In this book a formal notation is developed for the description of the cognitive structure of arguments. The analyses based on this notation are more fine-grained than the analyses in previous attempts, and they are applicable not only to arguments but to all types of moves in a discourse. Further, the notational system provides a basis for the description of relations between arguments and the structure of the discourse as a whole. In the final chapter, some empirical studies of retention of arguments in memory and of précis writing are reported, based on hypotheses formulated in terms of the notational system.
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