This thesis explores the role, if any, that implicature plays as a strategy in informal debate. Transcripts of spontaneous debates from television and radio public affairs talk shows were analyzed with a focus on the use of implicature as a strategic rhetorical tool employed to gain advantage in an argument.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3454 |
Date | 01 January 2003 |
Creators | Preacher, Jon Nelsen |
Publisher | CSUSB ScholarWorks |
Source Sets | California State University San Bernardino |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses Digitization Project |
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