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. 189–216
Chapter 9Argumentative style in mediators’ opening statements
Published online: 28 July 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.20.c9
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.20.c9
Article outline
- 9.1Institutional background of ADR dispute mediation
- 9.1.1ADR mediation as a communicative activity type
- 9.1.2The status of mediators’ opening statements in dispute mediation
- 9.2The two opening statements
- 9.3Analysis of the argumentative discourses in the two opening statements
- 9.3.1The analytically relevant argumentative moves
- 9.3.2The dialectical routes
- 9.3.3The strategic considerations
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9.4The mediators’ argumentative style in the two opening statements
- 9.4.1The topical dimension of the general argumentative style
- 9.4.2The audience demand dimension of the general argumentative style
- 9.4.3The presentational dimension of the general argumentative style
- 9.5Conclusion
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