This book develops a logical analysis of dialogue in which two or more parties attempt to
advance their own interests. It includes a classification of the major types of dialogues and a …

In this article we examine some discursive aspects of political legitimation by analyzing the
speech of the Spanish Secretary of the Interior, Mayor Oreja; on the occasion of a military …

The task of developing a unified pragmatics of emotive communication poses many
interesting challenges for future research. This paper outlines some areas in which more …

The relationship between argumentation and language has recently attracted a great deal of
attention through various publications in the field of argumentation studies (see eg, Boogaart …

This study investigates a pragmatic aspect of language: speakers' way of using pragmatic
force modifiers, ie expressions such as J suppose, sort of, or certainly to modify (either to …

Das vorliegende Buch ist die aktualisierte zweite Auflage der" Dynamischen Texttheorie"
von 2013. Es bietet einen Überblick über grundlegende Fragen der Texttheorie aus einer …

This study analyzes parent involvement by employing ethnographic methods and discourse
analysis of parent–child talk about homework. We juxtapose what is often presented as a …

Abstract Argumentation as the public exchange of reasons is widely thought to enhance
deliberative interactions that generate and justify reasonable public policies. Adopting an …

This paper proposes a cognitive-pragmatic alternative to the traditional, speech-acttheoretic,
account of the notion of commitment. The perspective adopted here questions the relevance …

When relevance theory tried to express the underlying processes involved during
interpretation, Sperber and Wilson posited a process of context elaboration in which …