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. 125–146
Chapter 7Confrontational argumentative style at diplomatic press conferences
Published online: 28 July 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.20.c7
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.20.c7
Article outline
- 7.1Institutional background of China’s MoFA’s regular press conferences
- 7.2Three responses of spokespersons to questions by journalists
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7.3Analysis of the argumentative discourse in the spokespersons’ responses
- 7.3.1Analytically relevant argumentative moves in the confrontation stage
- 7.3.2Strategic considerations in the confrontation stage
- 7.4A confrontational argumentative style that is detached and uncompromising
- 7.5Conclusion
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