Chapter 2
China’s MoFA’s press conferences as a communicative activity type
Article outline
- 2.1Introduction
- 2.2Institutional point and preconditions of the exchanges
- 2.3Argumentative characterization of the exchanges between spokespersons and their audience
- 2.4Prototypical modes of confrontational maneuvering
- a.Redefining the difference of opinion to make it easier to resolve it to the advantage of the spokesperson
- b.Exempting the difference of opinion concerned from the need to make an attempt to resolve it
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