Argumentation schema and the myside bias in written argumentation

Written Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-209

  Wolfe, Christopher R ^a   Britt, M Anne ^b   Butler, Jodie A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Claim; Counterargument; Rebuttal; Writing arguments; Writing tutorial

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449101850     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088309333019     Document Type: Article

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