Chiara Degano
List of John Benjamins publications for which Chiara Degano plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 2211-4742 | E-ISSN 2211-4750
Title
Persuasion in Specialized Discourse: A multidisciplinary perspective
Edited by Chiara Degano, Dora Renna and Francesca Santulli
[Argumentation in Context, 22] 2024. ix, 268 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
2024 Chapter 2. Establishing starting points in Editorials: An analysis of the Brexit debate in the UK Persuasion in Specialized Discourse: A multidisciplinary perspective, Degano, Chiara, Dora Renna and Francesca Santulli (eds.), pp. 46–70 | Chapter
If argumentation has to have a chance of success in solving a difference of opinion, there must be a common ground between the participants, i.e. one or more objects of agreement between the parties, which can be exploited argumentatively. This chapter focuses on how starting points are… read more
2024 Introduction. Genres and persuasion: Linguistic and argumentation perspectives Persuasion in Specialized Discourse: A multidisciplinary perspective, Degano, Chiara, Dora Renna and Francesca Santulli (eds.), pp. 1–23 | Chapter
2019 Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK Imagining the Peoples of Europe: Populist discourses across the political spectrum, Zienkowski, Jan and Ruth Breeze (eds.), pp. 43–71 | Chapter
Most works on populism framed in a discourse-analytic perspective focus on the features of populist discourse itself, contributing greatly to the understanding of the phenomenon. However, a full understanding of populism should also consider the ways in which notions of populism are constructed,… read more
2017 Chapter 12. Visual arguments in activists’ campaigns: A pragmadialectical perspective Argumentation across Communities of Practice: Multi-disciplinary perspectives, Ilie, Cornelia and Giuliana Garzone (eds.), pp. 291–316 | Chapter
This chapter contributes to the ongoing debate on the possibility and realizations of visual arguments, focussing on advertisements produced by NGOs as part of their campaigns – image-based messages that are inherently argumentative and whose reach, thanks to the Web, extends well beyond the time… read more
2016 Corpus linguistics and argumentation: Retrieving argumentative patterns in UK prime ministerial debates Journal of Argumentation in Context 5:2, pp. 113–138 | Article
This paper explores the viability of a synergy between corpus linguistics and the study of argumentation in context. While quantitative approaches to the study of discourse have been profitably integrated at the levels of lexico-grammar and syntax, more rarely has this been the case for higher… read more
2014 US National Security Strategy: Different presidencies, different rhetoric? Let's talk politics: New essays on deliberative rhetoric, Van Belle, Hilde, Kris Rutten, Paul Gillaerts, Dorien Van De Mieroop and Baldwin Van Gorp (eds.), pp. 149–169 | Article
The paper analyzes strategic maneuvering in National Security Strategy reports, crucial documents within the repertoire of US presidential discourse, whereby the Administration’s plans for security are laid out before the Congress and the world. Building on the pragma-dialectical approach, and… read more
2013 Argumentation in hypertext: A case study of NGOs’ campaigning1 Journal of Argumentation in Context 2:2, pp. 204–225 | Article
This paper investigates variation in argumentative discourse as a consequence of the passage from traditional linear texts to hypertext, focusing in particular on NGOs’ campaigning on the web. The analysis, which combines linguistic and argumentation theory perspectives (drawing for the latter on… read more
