Family conversations : the relevance of context in evaluating argumentation
- Arcidiacono, Francesco University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Pontecorvo, Clotilde Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
- Morasso, Sara Greco Istituto Linguistico-Semiotico (ILS), Facoltà di scienze della comunicazione, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
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2009
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- Studies in communications sciences. - Università della Svizzera italiana. - 2009, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 79-92
English
This paper investigates how to reconstruct and evaluate argumentation in the context of Italian family conversations. By means of a case study, we show how understanding context is essential for the analytical reconstruction of argumentation. Within conversations at dinnertime, we rely on insights from Conversation and Discourse Analysis in order to interpret context-bound communicative and argumentative moves among family members. The analysis of the family exchange offers to us a view of how argumentation shapes the communicative practices occurring at dinnertime and how it can foster a critical attitude in the process of decision-making carried out in this context.
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- Information, communication and media sciences
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