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Troubled waters: Argument as sociability revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2009

David A. Lee  and
Jennifer J. Peck
David A. Lee
Affiliation:
English Department, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia 4072
Jennifer J. Peck
Affiliation:
English Department, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia 4072
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Abstract

Schiffrin 1984 has claimed that there is a speech activity called “sociable argument,” characterized by the presence of discursive features such as vulnerability of argumentative frames and cooperative strategies. Although a form of talk aptly labeled “sociable argument” undoubtedly exists, Schiffrin's analysis is problematic; the features she identifies as characteristic of this discursive category also show up in argument that is serious and non-sociable. This raises general questions about the nature of the criteria applicable to the definition of forms of talk. (Discourse analysis, argument, conflict, conversation, cooperation, rhetoric)

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Language in Society , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 29 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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