"Argumentative Style discusses the various ways in which the defence of a standpoint is given shape in argumentative discourse. In this innovative study the new notion - 'argumentative style' - introduced for this purpose is situated in the theoretical framework of the pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation. This means that the choices involved in utilising a particular argumentative style do not only concern the presentational dimension, but also the topical selection and the audience adaptation of the strategic manoeuvring taking place in the discourse. In identifying the functional variety of the argumentative styles utilised in the political, the diplomatic, the legal, the facilitatory, the academic, and the medical domain, the point of departure is that these argumentative styles manifest themselves in the discourse in the argumentative moves that are made, the dialectical routes that are chosen and the strategic considerations that are brought to bear"--.

• Argumentative Style
• Editorial page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Argumentative style: The strategic shape of argumentative discourse
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Transcending the traditional view of style
  • 1.3 A pragma-dialectical definition of argumentative style
  • 1.4 The layout of this study
• Chapter 2. Manifestation of argumentative styles in argumentative discourse
  • 2.1 Concepts crucial for identifying argumentative styles
  • 2.2 Argumentative moves included in the analytic overview
  • 2.3 Dialectical routes contained in the argumentative pattern
  • 2.4 Strategic considerations determining the strategic design
• Chapter 3. Detached argumentative styles and engaged argumentative styles
  • 3.1 Categories of argumentative styles
  • 3.2 Characteristics of detached argumentative styles
  • 3.3 Characteristics of engaged argumentative styles
  • 3.4 Further categorisation and sub-categorisation
• Chapter 4. Variety of argumentative styles in different argumentative practices
  • 4.1 Argumentative characterization of communicative practices
  • 4.2 Genres of communication instrumental in specific macro-contexts
  • 4.3 Impact of macro-contextual institutional requirements
    • 4.3.1 Institutional preconditions for strategic manoeuvring
    • 4.3.2 Prototypical argumentative patterns and dialectical routes
  • 4.4 Argumentative styles in the political, diplomatic, juridical, facilitatory, academic, and medical domain
• Chapter 5. Argumentative style in political advertising
  • 5.1 Institutional background of political advertising in newspapers
  • 5.2 Advertisements in election campaigns for a Dutch Provincial Council
  • 5.3 Analysis of the argumentative discourses in two political advertisements
    • 5.3.1 The analytically relevant argumentative moves
    • 5.3.2 The dialectical routes
    • 5.3.3 The strategic considerations
  • 5.4 The argumentative styles utilised in the two advertisements
    • 5.4.1 Identification of argumentative styles
    • 5.4.2 Characteristics of the confrontational argumentative styles
      • PVV advertisement
      • PvdA advertisement
    • 5.4.3 Characteristics of the opening argumentative styles
      • PVV advertisement
      • PvdA advertisement
    • 5.4.4 Characteristics of the argumentational argumentative styles
      • PVV advertisement
      • PvdA advertisement
    • 5.4.5 Characteristics of the concluding argumentative styles
      • PVV advertisement
      • PvdA advertisement
  • 5.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Argumentative style in parliamentary debates
  • 6.1 Institutional background of legislative debates in the European Parliament
  • 6.2 The opening speech of the debate about the European food supply chain
  • 6.3 Analysis of the argumentative discourse in the opening speech
    • 6.3.1 The analytically relevant argumentative moves
    • 6.3.2 The dialectical routes
    • 6.3.3 The strategic considerations
  • 6.4 The argumentative style of the rapporteur’s opening speech
    • 6.4.1 Characteristics of the confrontational argumentative style
      • Topical selection
      • Audience demand
      • Exploitation of presentational devices
    • 6.4.2 Characteristics of the opening argumentative style
      • Topical selection
      • Audience demand
      • Exploitation of presentational devices
    • 6.4.3 Characteristics of the argumentational argumentative style
      • Topical selection
      • Audience demand
      • Exploitation of presentational devices
    • 6.4.4 Characteristics of the concluding argumentative style
      • Topical selection
      • Audience demand and exploitation of presentational devices
  • 6.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 8. Argumentative style in civil court’s judgments
  • 8.1 Institutional background of Dutch civil lawsuits
  • 8.2 The van Gelder against the Dutch Olympic Committee case
  • 8.3 Analysis of the argumentative discourse in the judgment
    • 8.3.1 The analytically relevant argumentative moves
    • 8.3.2 The dialectical route
    • 8.3.3 The strategic considerations
  • 8.4 Characteristics of the argumentative style in the civil judgment
    • 8.4.1 The identification of argumentative styles
    • 8.4.2 Characteristics of the argumentational argumentative style
    • 8.4.3 Characteristics of the confrontational, opening, and concluding argumentative style
  • 8.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Argumentative style in mediators’ opening statements
  • 9.1 Institutional background of ADR dispute mediation
    • 9.1.1 ADR mediation as a communicative activity type
    • 9.1.2 The status of mediators’ opening statements in dispute mediation
  • 9.2 The two opening statements
  • 9.3 Analysis of the argumentative discourses in the two opening statements
    • 9.3.1 The analytically relevant argumentative moves
    • 9.3.2 The dialectical routes
    • 9.3.3 The strategic considerations
  • 9.4 The mediators’ argumentative style in the two opening statements
    • 9.4.1 The topical dimension of the general argumentative style
    • 9.4.2 The audience demand dimension of the general argumentative style
    • 9.4.3 The presentational dimension of the general argumentative style
  • 9.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 10. Argumentative style in a peer-reviewed research paper
  • 10.1 Institutional background of a research paper
  • 10.2 The sampling in a study of causal hypotheses in psychology
  • 10.3 Analysis of the argumentative discourse in the RSID case
    • 10.3.1 The questions raised by the paper
    • 10.3.2 Analytic overview
    • 10.3.3 Following, missing, and re-stating a dialectical route
    • 10.3.4 Strategic considerations
  • 10.4 Characteristics of the argumentative style in a research paper
  • 10.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 11. Argumentative style in family-centred medical consultations
  • 11.1 Institutional background of medical consultations
  • 11.2 Doctor-parent communication in family-centred medical rounds
  • 11.3 Analysis of the argumentative discourse in a family-centred medical round
    • 11.3.1 The analytically relevant argumentative moves
    • 11.3.2 The dialectical routes
    • 11.3.3 The strategic considerations
  • 11.4 The argumentative style in a family-centred medical round
    • 11.4.1 Detached and engaged argumentative styles in a patient-centred perspective
    • 11.4.2 Characteristics of the confrontational argumentative style
    • 11.4.3 Characteristics of the opening argumentative style
    • 11.4.4 Characteristics of the argumentational argumentative style
    • 11.4.5 Characteristics of the concluding argumentative style
  • 11.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 12. Conclusion
  • 12.1 Diversity of argumentative style in different institutional macro-contexts
  • 12.2 Functional utilisations of detached and engaged argumentative styles
  • 12.3 Perspectives on future research concerning argumentative style
• References
• About the authors
• Index