Enthymemes and Topoi in Dialogue

The Use of Common Sense Reasoning in Conversation

AvEllen Breitholtz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del 41 i serien Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface

1 737 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

In Enthymemes and Topoi in Dialogue, Ellen Breitholtz presents a novel and precise account of reasoning from an interactional perspective. The account draws on the concepts of enthymemes and topoi, originating in Aristotelian rhetoric and dialectic, and integrates these in a formal dialogue semantic account using TTR, a type theory with records.Argumentation analysis and formal approaches to reasoning often focus the logical validity of arguments on inferences made in discourse from a god’s-eye perspective. In contrast, Breitholtz’s account emphasises the individual perspectives of interlocutors and the function and acceptability of their reasoning in context. This provides an analysis of interactions where interlocutors have access to different topoi and therefore make different inferences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-19
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:416 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface
Antal sidor:162
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004436787

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Ellen Breitholtz, Ph.D. (2015), is Associate Researcher at the University of Gothenburg where she works on formal accounts of language involving enthymematic reasoning and topoi. She also leads a project on reasoning in dialogues involving patients with schizophrenia.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Micro-Rhetoric in Dialogic Interaction1.1 Interaction Based Linguistics1.2 Micro-rhetorical Linguistics1.3 The Aristotelian Enthymeme1.4 Topoi—the Warrants of Enthymemes1.5 Linking Enthymeme and Topos1.6 Aim and Outline of This Book2 Enthymematic Reasoning and Pragmatics2.1 Introduction2.2 Presupposition2.3 Conversational Implicature2.4 Relevance Theory2.5 Anti-inferentialism2.6 Discourse Coherence2.7 Summary3 Enthymemes in Dialogue3.1 Introduction3.2 Using ttr to Analyse Interaction3.3 Analysing a Simple Dialogue3.4 Introducing Enthymematic Reasoning on the dgb3.5 Summary4 Analysing Enthymematic Dialogue4.1 Enthymeme Elicited by Why?4.2 Coordinating on Topoi4.3 Summary5 Participating in Enthymematic Dialogue5.1 Enthymemes and Cognitive Load5.2 Enthymemes and Dialogue Context5.3 Conversational Games5.4 The Suggestion Game5.5 Analysing a Suggestion Dialogue5.6 Summary6 Rhetorical Reasoning in Dialogue6.1 A Rhetorical Perspective on Non-monotonicity6.2 Drawing on Topoi in Conversation6.3 Acquiring Topoi in Interaction6.4 Summary7 Conclusions and Future Work7.1 Conclusions7.2 Future Work7.3 SummaryAppendix 1: Update RulesAppendix 2: DefinitionsReferencesIndex