In:Responding to Questions at Press Conferences: Confrontational maneuvering by Chinese spokespersons
Peng Wu
[Argumentation in Context 21] 2023
► pp. 30–42
Chapter 2China’s MoFA’s press conferences as a communicative activity type
Published online: 22 March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.21.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.21.c2
Article outline
- 2.1Introduction
- 2.2Institutional point and preconditions of the exchanges
- 2.3Argumentative characterization of the exchanges between spokespersons and their audience
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2.4Prototypical modes of confrontational maneuvering
- a.Redefining the difference of opinion to make it easier to resolve it to the advantage of the spokesperson
- b.Exempting the difference of opinion concerned from the need to make an attempt to resolve it
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