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Article published In: Journal of Argumentation in Context
Vol. 4:3 (2015) ► pp.299–316

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Argumentative equivalence as the reproduction of strategic maneuvering in interpreted texts

Published online: 28 January 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.4.3.03bra
Though interpreting is to a great extent about the interlinguistic reproduction of arguments, argumentation theory is almost completely overlooked by interpreting studies, which partly explains the frequent production of pragmatically inappropriate interpreted texts. Against the theoretical gap, the paper puts forward a descriptive argumentation approach to political speeches with a view to their simultaneous interpretation, in the spirit of making the case for a systematic contribution of argumentation studies to interpretation theory and training.
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