Examination dialogue: An argumentation framework for critically questioning an expert opinion

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 745-777

  Walton, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational dialectics; Dialogue theory; Discovering inconsistency; Examination dialogue; Expert opinion testimony; Fallacies; Witness testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645950102     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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