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Argumentative Style: A pragma-dialectical study of functional variety in argumentative discourse
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, Sara Greco, Ton van Haaften, Nanon Labrie, Fernando Leal and Peng Wu
[Argumentation in Context 20] 2022
► pp. 147–188

Chapter 8
Argumentative style in civil court’s judgments

Article outline
  • 8.1Institutional background of Dutch civil lawsuits
  • 8.2The van Gelder against the Dutch Olympic Committee case
  • 8.3Analysis of the argumentative discourse in the judgment
    • 8.3.1The analytically relevant argumentative moves
    • 8.3.2The dialectical route
    • 8.3.3The strategic considerations
  • 8.4Characteristics of the argumentative style in the civil judgment
    • 8.4.1The identification of argumentative styles
    • 8.4.2Characteristics of the argumentational argumentative style
    • 8.4.3Characteristics of the confrontational, opening, and concluding argumentative style
  • 8.5Conclusion
  • Notes
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