The fallacy of ad socordiam and two types of speaker intentions: A case study from the First Congressional Debate on the Bill of Rights in 1789

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 723-736

  Rudanko, Juhani ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ad socordiam; Federalist; Gricean maxims; Informal fallacies; Political rhetoric; Speaker intentions; US Congressional debates

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444270946     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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