A pragma-dialectical analysis of the use of topoi that are based on common cultural heritage: Strategic maneuvering with visual arguments in political cartoons

Feteris, Eveline T.; Groarke, Leo; Plug, H. José

doi:10.1075/z.163.05fet

In:Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics: In honor of Frans H. van Eemeren
Edited by Eveline T. Feteris, Bart Garssen and Francisca Snoeck Henkemans
[Not in series 163] 2011
► pp. 59–74

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Strategic maneuvering with visual arguments in political cartoons

A pragma-dialectical analysis of the use of topoi that are based on common cultural heritage

Eveline T. Feteris

Leo Groarke

H. José Plug

Published online: 12 May 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.163.05fet

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