In:An Argumentative Analysis of the Emergence of Issues in Adult-Children Discussions
Rebecca G. Schär
[Argumentation in Context 19] 2021
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 6 April 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.19.toc
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Table of contents
List of figures
ix
List of tables
xi
Abbreviations
xiii
Acknowledgements
xv
Young children as rational interlocutors: A perspective on family argumentation
1
Sara Greco
Chapter 1.The ‘issue’ in argumentative discussions between adults and young
children
9
Chapter 2.Argumentation theory
15
2.1The notion of issue in argumentation literature
15
2.1.1A historical literature review
16
2.1.1.1On the treatment of the issue by ancient scholars from Greece and
ancient Rome
16
2.1.1.2The issue in Toulmin and Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca
19
2.1.1.3The issue in the tradition of debates in the U.S.
20
2.1.1.4The issue in contemporary approaches to argumentation
21
2.1.2The issue in this work
23
2.1.3Studies on the issue in argumentation
24
2.2The pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation
25
2.2.1The stages of an argumentative discussion
26
2.2.2Reconstructing argumentative discussions
27
2.3The Argumentum Model of Topics (AMT)
30
2.3.1Reconstructing the relation between argument and standpoint
30
2.3.2Analyzing implicit premises with the argumentum model of
Topics
33
2.4A communication approach to context: The model of communication
context
34
Chapter 3.Perspectives on children’s argumentation
37
3.1Sociocultural developmental psychology
37
3.1.1The thinking space
38
3.1.2Children’s argumentation from the perspective of sociocultural
developmental psychology
39
3.2
Can and do young children argue?
41
3.3Previous applications and developments of the pragma-dialectical model to
children’s discussions
44
3.4Children’s argumentation in different informal contexts
46
3.4.1Family argumentation
49
Chapter 4.Children’s argumentation within the family
53
4.1Why it is important to define context to study argumentation and why it
is difficult
53
4.2Argumentation in family: A corpus description
54
4.2.1Data processing: Transcription
57
4.2.2The family as an interaction field
58
4.2.3The common ground in a family
59
4.2.4The frame in family discussions
59
4.2.5Concluding remarks on the family as a context
59
4.3Case selection
60
Chapter 5.Case studies: The issue in young children’s argumentation in family
63
5.1A typology of the emergence of issues in adult-children
discussions
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5.1.1Type 1A: A child problematizes something in an adult’s
utterance
67
5.1.1.1The ‘afraid’ case
68
5.1.1.2The ‘ghost’ case
70
5.1.2Discussion of type 1A
76
5.1.3Type 1B: A child problematizes something in an adult’s utterance and
opens up a sub-issue
78
5.1.3.1The ‘pirate’ case
78
5.1.3.2The ‘drinking straw’ case
83
5.1.4Discussion of type 1B
87
5.1.5Type 2A: An adult problematizes something in a child’s
utterance
88
5.1.5.1The ‘jigsaw’ case
89
5.1.6Discussion of type 2A
92
5.1.7Type 2B: An adult problematizes something in a child’s utterance and
opens up a sub-issue
92
5.1.8Type 3: A child problematizes something in a peer’s utterance
93
5.1.8.1The ‘net’ case
93
5.1.9Discussion of type 3
95
5.1.10Type 4: A child puts forward a standpoint and an argument supporting
that standpoint
95
5.1.10.1The ‘pencil sharpener’ case
96
5.1.11Discussion of type 4
98
5.1.12Type 5: An adult puts forward a standpoint and an argument supporting
that standpoint
99
5.2
Concluding remarks on the typology of the emergence of issues in
adult-children discussions
99
5.2.1Decentration in the typology of the emergence of issues in
adult-children discussions
102
Chapter 6.How issues develop during the discussion: The issue negotiation
105
6.1The ‘chocolate bar’ case
106
6.2The ‘straw bale’ case
114
6.3Concluding remarks regarding the negotiation of the issue
119
Chapter 7.The relation issue – endoxon
123
7.1The ‘memory game’ case
125
7.2The ‘teeth’ case
130
7.3Concluding remarks on the relation issue–endoxon
133
Chapter 8.Conclusions
135
8.1On the emergence of argumentation in conversation
136
8.2The relation between issue and endoxon
139
8.3The interplay between the issue and the freedom rule
141
8.4Take-aways of this research
143
8.4.1Perspectives in argumentation
143
8.4.1.1Adaptations of existing models of argumentation theory
144
8.4.2Perspectives in psychology
145
8.4.3Perspectives in education
146
References
149
Index
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