In:Argumentative Style: A pragma-dialectical study of functional variety in argumentative discourse
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, Sara Greco, Ton van Haaften, Nanon Labrie, Fernando Leal and Peng Wu
[Argumentation in Context 20] 2022
► pp. 95–124
Chapter 6Argumentative style in parliamentary debates
Published online: 28 July 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.20.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.20.c6
Article outline
- 6.1Institutional background of legislative debates in the European Parliament
- 6.2The opening speech of the debate about the European food supply chain
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6.3Analysis of the argumentative discourse in the opening speech
- 6.3.1The analytically relevant argumentative moves
- 6.3.2The dialectical routes
- 6.3.3The strategic considerations
- 6.4The argumentative style of the rapporteur’s opening speech
- 6.4.1Characteristics of the confrontational argumentative style
- Topical selection
- Audience demand
- Exploitation of presentational devices
- 6.4.2Characteristics of the opening argumentative style
- Topical selection
- Audience demand
- Exploitation of presentational devices
- 6.4.3Characteristics of the argumentational argumentative style
- Topical selection
- Audience demand
- Exploitation of presentational devices
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6.4.4Characteristics of the concluding argumentative style
- Topical selection
- Audience demand and exploitation of presentational devices
- 6.4.1Characteristics of the confrontational argumentative style
- 6.5Conclusion
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