Chapter 10
The strategic use of argumentation from example in plenary debates in the European Parliament
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The pragma-dialectical model of critical discussion and legislative debates
- 3.Debates on legislation in the European Parliament
- 3.1Regulations on plenary debates
- 3.2Characteristics of plenary legislative debates in the European Parliament
- 4.Argumentation from example
- 4.1Evaluating argumentation from example
- 5.Techniques for strategic manoeuvring using argumentation from example
- Topical potential
- Audience demand
- Presentational devices
- 6.Conclusion
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Notes
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