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Introduction published In: Multimodal Argumentation: Special issue of the Journal of Argumentation in Context 13:2 (2024)
Edited by Hartmut Stöckl and Assimakis Tseronis
[Journal of Argumentation in Context 13:2] 2024
► pp. 167–176

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Introduction

Multimodal rhetoric and argumentation

Applications – genres – methods

 | Universität Salzburg
 | Örebro Universitet
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Published online: 10 September 2024
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Article outline
  • 1.Advances in multimodal rhetoric and argumentation
  • 2.Reconstructing and evaluating multimodal arguments
  • 3.The papers of the special issue: Adding new pieces to the puzzle
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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