Norms of Presentational Force
Issue Date
2005Author
Innocenti, Beth
Publisher
American Forensics Association
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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http://www.americanforensics.org/uploaded-files/tc_41_3_w05.pdfMetadata
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Can style or presentational devices reasonably compel us to believe, agree, act? I submit that they can, and that the normative pragmatic project explains how. After describing a normative pragmatic approach to presentational force, I analyze and evaluate presentational force in Susan B. Anthony's "Is it a Crime for a U. S. Citizen to Vote" as it apparently proceeds from logic, emotion, and style. I conclude with reflections on the compatibility of the normative pragmatic approach with the recently-developed pragma-dialectical treatment of presentational devices.
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This is the author's accepted manuscript, made available with permission of the American Forensic Association.
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Innocenti Manolescu, Beth. "Norms of Presentational Force." Argumentation and Advocacy 41 (2005): 139-51.
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