A relevance-theoretic framework for constructing and deconstructing enthymemes

Journal of Logic and Computation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-78

  Black, Elizabeth ^a   Hunter, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; argumentation; dialogue; enthymemes; relevance theory

Indexed keywords

ARGUMENTATION; COGNITIVE EFFECTS; DESIGN FEATURES; DIALOGUE; ENTHYMEMES; FORMAL PROPERTIES; LOGIC-BASED FORMALIZATION; LOGIC-BASED FRAMEWORKS; LOGIC-BASED MODELS; RELEVANCE THEORY; SPERBER;

AGENTS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; FORMAL LOGIC; LOGIC PROGRAMMING;

RAIN;

EID: 84856360165     PISSN: 0955792X     EISSN: 1465363X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/logcom/exp064     Document Type: Article

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