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Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peng Wu
[Argumentation in Context 12] 2017
► pp. 281–308

Chapter 16
A pragma-dialectical approach to governmental crisis communication

The case of disputes over a proposed chemical project in mainland China

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Institutional preconditions for Governmental Crisis Communication in Mainland China
  • 3.A case study on disputes over a proposed chemical project in Mainland China
    • 3.1Argumentative reconstruction of the official statement
    • 3.2Strategic maneuvering in the official statement
    • 3.3Evaluation
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Appendix
Published online: 12 December 2017
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