This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from pragmatic,
dialectical, epistemic, and rhetorical perspectives, investigating the relationship between …

This paper focuses on the inferential configuration of arguments, generally referred to as
argument scheme. After outlining our approach, denominated Argumentum Model of Topics …

This paper explains the importance of classifying argumentation schemes, and outlines how
schemes are being used in current research in artificial intelligence and computational …

The representation and classification of the structure of natural arguments has been one of
the most important aspects of Aristotelian and medieval dialectical and rhetorical theories …

In this article we present an exploratory investigation of pictorial and multimodal metaphors
appearing in print product advertisements; the aim is to ascertain their relevance for the …

Corporate takeovers represent one of the most significant and challenging events in today's
capital market economy, characterized by frequent and rapid transformations in the …

In this paper, it is shown (1) that there are two schemes for argument from analogy that seem
to be competitors but are not,(2) how one of them is based on a distinctive type of similarity …

The relationship between teaching and argumentation is becoming a crucial issue in the
field of education and, in particular, science education. Teaching has been analyzed as a …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the argumentative structure of students'
arguments using argumentation schemes as an instrument for reconstructing the missing …

In argumentation, metaphors are often considered as ambiguous or deceptive uses of
language leading to fallacies of reasoning. However, they can also provide useful insights …