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Publication details [#72677]

Rudanko, Juhani. 2005. Freedom of speech at stake: Fallacies in some political discourses in the early Republic. In Wårvik, Brita, Risto Hiltunen, Matti Peikola, Janne Skaffari and Ruth Carroll, eds. Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past. (Pragmatics and Beyond: New Series 134). John Benjamins. pp. 53–63.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

fallacious argumentation | political communication

Annotation

The article argues that the fallacies of ad socordiam and ad hominem are valuable in sheddingl light on political discourses in the early American Republic.