TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fritz, Gerd
T1  - On answering accusations in controversies
T2  - Studies in communication sciences = Studi di scienze della communicazione
N2  - Accusations are a very frequent type of speech act both in everyday life and in formal controversies, and answering accusations is a sophisticated type of linguistic practice well worth analysing from a pragmatic point of view. In my paper I shall first describe some basic properties of accusations and characteristic types of reactions to accusations, i. e. denying the alleged fact, making excuses, and giving justifications. I then go on to describe some fundamental functions of accusations in controversies. Using the basic patterns of accusations and reactions to accusations as an object of comparison, I then analyse some relevant exchanges from historical controversies (l6th to 18th century), among them famous polemical interactions like the Hobbes-Bramhall controversy, but also less well-known debates from the fields of medicine and theology. The present paper is both a contribution to the theory of controversy and to the pragmatic history of controversies. Keywords: historical pragmatics, theory of controversy, ad hominem moves, dynamics of controversy
KW  - Kommunikationsanalyse
KW  - historical pragmatics
KW  - theory of controversy
KW  - ad hominem moves
KW  - dynamics of controversy
Y1  - 2005
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12782
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1136956
UR  - http://www.festschrift-gerd-fritz.de/files/publ_hp/fritz_2005_answering-accusations.pdf
VL  - 5
SP  - 151
EP  - 162
PB  - Università della Svizzera Italiana, Facoltà di Scienze della Communicazione
CY  - Lugano
ER  -