Argumentative Indicators in Discourse [electronic resource] : A Pragma-Dialectical Study / edited by Frans H. Eemeren, Peter Houtlosser, A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans.

The Identification of Argumentative Indicators -- The Ideal Model of a Critical Discussion as a Theoretical Framework -- Indicators of Confrontation -- Indicators of the Distribution of the Burden of Proof -- Indicators of Starting Points for the Discussion -- Indicators of Argument Schemes -- Indicators of the Argumentation Structure -- Indicators of the Conclusion of a Discussion.

Argumentative Indicators: A Pragma-Dialectical Study identifies and analyses English words and expressions that are crucial for an adequate reconstruction of argumentative discourse. It provides the analyst of argumentative discussions and texts with a systematic set of instruments for giving a well-founded analysis which results in an analytic overview of the elements that are relevant for the evaluation of the argumentation. In the book a systematic connection is made between linguistic insights into the characteristics of argumentative discourse and insights from argumentation theory into the resolution of differences of opinion by means of argumentation.