Modality in Argumentation: A Semantic Investigation of the Role of Modalities in the Structure of Arguments with an Application to Italian Modal Expressions
Author:   Andrea Rocci
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Volume:   29
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9789402410617


Pages:   488
Publication Date:   17 March 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Andrea Rocci
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.910kg
ISBN:  

9789402410617


ISBN 10:   9402410619
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   17 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Meaning and argumentation.- Chapter 2: Three views of modality in Toulmin.- Chapter 3: Relative modality and argumentation.- Chapter 4: Types of conversational backgrounds and arguments.- Chapter 5: Case studies of Italian modal constructions in context.- Conclusion.- Index.

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Andrea Rocci is Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Argumentation, Linguistics and Semiotics at the Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano). He is also Director of the Master programme in Financial Communication offered jointly by the faculties of Economics and Communication Sciences at the same university. He has published extensively in the fields of argumentation, pragmatics, semantics and discourse analysis. He is co-author (with Marcel Danesi) of a textbook on Global linguistics. He has directed / is directing several projects on argumentation in the contexts of journalism, corporate communication and financial communication funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

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