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An Enthymematic Account of the Deduction of the Negative Meaning of the Chinese Shenme-based Rhetorical Question Construction

Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2019
One controversy in the study of the Chinese shenme ‘what’-based rhetorical question (shenme-RQ for short) is how it takes on a negative interpretation. This paper attempts to apply enthymeme or rhetorical syllogism to the deduction of negative meaning of
Dong Chengru, Jin Dawei
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Necessary Assumptions

Informal Logic, 1999
In Evaluating Critical Thinking Stephen Norris and Robert Ennis say: "Although it is tempting to think that certain [unstated] assumptions are logically necessary for an argument or position, they are not.
Gilbert Plumer
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Implicit dialogical premises, explanation as argument: a corpus-based reconstruction [PDF]

, 2009
This paper focuses on an explanation in a newspaper article: why new European Union citizens will come to the UK from Eastern Europe (e.g., because of available jobs).
O'Halloran, Kieran
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The Peculiarities of Expressing Propozemes in Polyssilogisms

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2016
The article analyzes the features of complex propozemes functioning in polysillogisms that required an appeal to the deep connection of logic and language and allowed to give complete description of the research object. It is noted that among the various
Elena A. Petrova
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On the Body of Literary Persuasion

Estetika, 2010
In this paper, the author argues that literary works have distinct cognitive significance in changing their readers’ beliefs. In particular, he discusses ‘philosophical fictions’ and truth-claims that they may imply. Basing himself broadly on Aristotle’s
Jukka Mikkonen
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Polysyllogistic structures in modern oratorical speech (epicheireme)

Неофилология
INTRODUCTION. The purpose of the study is to clarify the concept of epichaereme, to analyze its use in the texts of Patriarch Kirill. The global, i.e. beyond the scope of this research, the purpose of the research is to develop the theory of cognitive ...
M. I. Tarasov
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Paralipomena to P. Vilikovský’s Eskalácia citu I. [PDF]

Slovenska Literatura, 2011
The present article deals with P.Vilikovský´s prose Eskalácia citu I (Emotion Escalation I, written in the mid 1970s, published in a magazin in 1982, in the collection of short stories Eskalácia citu in 1989) – in a latent discussion with P.
Fedor Matejov
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The Inaccuracy of Partial Truth in Yablovian If-Thenism [PDF]

, 2017
Yablo has argued for an alternative form of if-thenism that is more conducive with his figurative fictionalism. This commentary sets out to challenge whether the remainder, ρ, tends to be an inaccurate representation of the conditions that are supposed ...
Ulatowski, Joseph
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Diagramming the Enthymematic Structure of Counterarguments. An Introduction to IAMT Diagrams

Argumentation et Analyse du Discours
In this work, we examine the issues encountered by different approaches to argumentation diagramming in dealing with a simple pattern of concession and counterargument in monological discourse, focusing, in particular, on the complementary strengths and ...
Andrea Rocci, Costanza Lucchini
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After the Great Recession: Law and Economics\u27 Topics of Invention and Arrangement and Tropes of Style [PDF]

, 2012
AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION: LAW AND ECONOMICS’ TOPICS OF INVENTION AND ARRANGEMENT AND TROPES OF STYLE by Michael D. Murray Abstract The Great Recession of 2008 and onward has drawn attention to the American economic and financial system, and has cast a ...
Murray, Michael D.
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