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The Role of Competitiveness in Counter-System Counterplans in Academic Debate

Allen J. Lichtman and Daniel M. Rohrer write that "Unfortunately, formal debate theory tends to lag behind the actual practice of competitive debate" (70). This statement accurately describes the current controversy surrounding the counter-system counterplans and how they may affect traditional debate theory. These counterplans are increasingly employed by negative teams in intercollegiate debate, but so far, there is no contemporary attempt to explain how they fit into current debate theory. This study will analyze this new genre of counterplans by answering the following questions.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504405
Date08 1900
CreatorsBjork, Rebecca S. (Rebecca Suzanne)
ContributorsGossett, John, Tate, C. Neal (Chester Neal), 1943-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formati, 177 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Bjork, Rebecca S. (Rebecca Suzanne), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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