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- ISSN 2211-4742
- E-ISSN: 2211-4750
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Strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary Debate
- Source: Journal of Argumentation in Context, Volume 2, Issue 1, Jan 2013, p. 33 - 46
Abstract
This paper focuses on argumentation the institutional context of debate in the European Parliament. A parliamentary debate is a distinct argumentative activity type. In the pragma-dialectical approach, argumentative activity types are defined as conventionalized argumentative practices in which the possibilities for strategic maneuvering are predetermined. What are the characteristics of the activity type of a debate in European Parliament that predetermine the possibilities for strategic maneuvering?
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