Emotive Language in Argumentation |
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Author:
| Walton, Douglas Macagno, Fabrizio |
ISBN: | 978-1-107-67665-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.99 |
Book Description:
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This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from a pragmatic, dialectical, epistemic and rhetorical perspective, investigating the relationship between emotions, persuasion and meaning, and focusing on the implicit dimension of the use of a word and its dialectical effects.
This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from a pragmatic, dialectical, epistemic and rhetorical perspective, investigating the relationship between emotions, persuasion and meaning, and focusing on the implicit dimension of the use of a word and its dialectical effects.