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Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peng Wu
[Argumentation in Context 12] 2017
► pp. 255–268

Chapter 14
Delimiting the burden of proof in political interviews

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Political interviews as argumentative accountability practices
    • 2.1Account-giving in political interviews
    • 2.2The burden of proof in political account-giving
  • 3.The race for Europe’s top job
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 12 December 2017
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