On answering accusations in controversies
- 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
Author: | Gerd Fritz |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1136956 |
URL: | http://www.festschrift-gerd-fritz.de/files/publ_hp/fritz_2005_answering-accusations.pdf |
Parent Title (German): | Studies in communication sciences = Studi di scienze della communicazione |
Publisher: | Università della Svizzera Italiana, Facoltà di Scienze della Communicazione |
Place of publication: | Lugano |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2009/11/10 |
Year of first Publication: | 2005 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2009/11/10 |
Tag: | ad hominem moves; dynamics of controversy; historical pragmatics; theory of controversy |
GND Keyword: | Kommunikationsanalyse |
Volume: | 5 |
Page Number: | 13 |
First Page: | 151 |
Last Page: | 162 |
Source: | http://www.festschrift-gerd-fritz.de/files/publ_hp/fritz_2005_answering-accusations.pdf ; (in:) Studies in Communication Sciences, 2005, 5, S. 151-162 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 220417679 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Sammlungen: | Germanistik / GiNDok |
Linguistik | |
BDSL-Klassifikation: | 02.00.00 Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft (in Auswahl) / BDSL-Klassifikation: 02.00.00 Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft > 02.02.00 Studien |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |