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In:Prototypical Argumentative Patterns: Exploring the relationship between argumentative discourse and institutional context
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren
[Argumentation in Context 11] 2017
► pp. 109–124

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Chapter 7
Argumentative patterns with argumentation by example in legislative debate in the European Parliament

Published online: 14 August 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.11.07gar
Article outline
  • 7.1Introduction
  • 7.2Prototypical argumentative patterns in the debates of the European Parliament
  • 7.3The argument by example
  • 7.4The use of the argument by example in debates of the European Parliament
  • 7.5Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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