Assimakis Tseronis
List of John Benjamins publications for which Assimakis Tseronis plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 2211-4742 | E-ISSN 2211-4750
Title
Multimodal Argumentation and Rhetoric in Media Genres
Edited by Assimakis Tseronis and Charles Forceville
[Argumentation in Context, 14] 2017. ix, 301 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2017 Chapter 18. Analysing multimodal argumentation within the pragma-dialectical framework: Strategic manoeuvring in the front covers of The Economist Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peng Wu (eds.), pp. 335–359 | Chapter
In this chapter, I argue that the theoretical assumptions and concrete analytical concepts of Pragma-dialectics constitute a fertile ground for the study of visual and multimodal argumentation. This is primarily because the pragma-dialectical theory takes a procedural, pragmatic and functional… read more
2017 Introduction. Argumentation and rhetoric in visual and multimodal communication Multimodal Argumentation and Rhetoric in Media Genres, Tseronis, Assimakis and Charles Forceville (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 6. The argumentative relevance of visual and multimodal antithesis in Frederick Wiseman’s documentaries Multimodal Argumentation and Rhetoric in Media Genres, Tseronis, Assimakis and Charles Forceville (eds.), pp. 165–188 | Chapter
In this chapter we argue that certain salient contrasts that Frederick Wiseman presents non-verbally and multimodally in his Direct Cinema documentaries can be understood as antitheses that play an argumentative role. In this type of documentary, which renounces the use of voice-over narration and… read more
2015 The place of counter discourse in two methods of public deliberation: The conférence de citoyens and the débat public on nanotechnologies in France Argumentation in Political Deliberation, Lewiński, Marcin and Dima Mohammed (eds.), pp. 75–100 | Article
In this chapter, we examine two methods of public participation, namely consensus conference (conférence de citoyens) and public hearing (débat public). While both methods are used in order to involve the public in decision making about science and technology policy, they differ in a number of… read more
2013 The place of counter discourse in two methods of public deliberation: The conférence de citoyens and the débat public on nanotechnologies in France Argumentation in political deliberation, Lewiński, Marcin and Dima Mohammed (eds.), pp. 75–100 | Article
In this paper, we examine two methods of public participation, namely consensus conference (conférence de citoyens) and public hearing (débat public). While both methods are used in order to involve the public in decision making about science and technology policy, they differ in a number of… read more
2011 Use and abuse of the strategic function of in fact and frankly when qualifying a standpoint Pragmatics 21:3, pp. 473–490 | Article
This paper seeks to specify the strategic function of adverbs like in fact and frankly when used to qualify the utterance that functions as a standpoint in an argumentative discussion. The aim is to provide a description of their strategic function that takes into consideration the role that the… read more
2002 Diglossic past and present lexicographical practices: The case of two Greek dictionaries Language Problems and Language Planning 26:3, pp. 219–252 | Article
The publication of a dictionary is a means to describe, codify and ultimately standardise a language. This process is complicated by the lexicographer’s own attitude towards the language and the public’s sensitivity on language matters. The recent publication of the two most authoritative… read more