Arguing through quotations The case of European Commission press releases
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| Publication date | 03-2022 |
| Journal | Journal of Argumentation in Context |
| Volume | Issue number | 11 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 69-87 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
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| Abstract | This paper analyses and evaluates the use of arguments in which quotations are employed to convince the addressees of the acceptability of a proposed action. Based on the European Commission’s press releases, a communicative practice in which quotations are typically employed, the study demonstrates that quotations function as weak authority arguments that are not likely to be accepted by the addressees if they are not further supported by other argument types. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.21023.and |
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