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Kienpointner, Manfred and Walther Kindt. 1997. On the Problem of Bias in Political Argumentation: An Investigation into Discussions about Political Asylum in Germany and Austria. Journal of Pragmatics 27 (5) : 555–585. 31 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

argumentation | discourse strategy | political language | verbalization

Person as a subject

Walton, D.

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

A normative and descriptive study of political argumentation, based on a sample of letters 'to the editor'. Two types of bias are discerned: global and local. Some recommendations for improving political discussion standards are given.