This study aims at investigating the pragma-rhetorical structure of argumentative discourse in British Parliament. To achieve this aim, Van Eemeren and Houtlosser’s (2002) model strategic maneuvering is utilized.
 Among important conclusions comes up with are: Both figures, i.e. Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn parliament utilize certain strategies either to defend or support their stan...

We describe an intelligent agent that provides students with suitable online argumentation strategies and rhetorical methods in a computer-supported collaborative argumentation environment. Computer-based arguments contain many regular patterns that occur with high frequency. Further more, these regular patterns are often related with argumentation strategies. Armed with this knowledge, the int...

The Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech emphasizes three critical concepts: communication is rhetorical, communication involves a process, and communication is multimodal. You probably already know a considerable amount about these concepts, but English 1101 and English 1102 help you build on what you already know by encouraging you to explore your ideas about communication and to...