Universität Wien

160137 PS Methods of Argumentation Analysis (2024S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 06.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 13.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 20.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 10.04. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 17.04. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 24.04. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 08.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 15.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 22.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 29.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 05.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 12.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 19.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 26.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the course is to provide an overview of prominent approaches to the analysis of argumentation and to become theoretically familiar with (a) important structural and functional components, (b) formal elements and (c) content-related (topic- and field-related) typologies of argumentation and to test them methodically on authentic argumentations. Students learn to identify explicit and implicit argumentations and to reconstruct argumentative structures in texts and discourse fragments on the macro and micro level and to assess their conclusiveness and fallacy.
As a fundamental linguistic and mental procedure for non-violent problem solving, securing validity and coordinating action, argumentation represents a socio-cultural achievement that manifests and proves itself in all social fields of action. Argumentation is of outstanding importance for any constructive form of interpersonal interaction in conflict-prone situations. From a linguistic point of view, argumentations are more or less explicit sequences of related speech acts. Their structures can be viewed from a functional, formal and content-material perspective.
The main topics that will be covered in presentations, discussions and commentaries during the semester include
(1) classical rhetorical argumentation theory in the tradition of Aristotle and Quintilian,
(2) modern argumentation theory in the tradition of Perelman / Olbrechts-Tyteca and Toulmin,
(3) Pragmadialectics according to van Eemeren, Grootendorst and others,
(4) the study of formal and material patterns of argumentation (schemata and topoi),
(5) the normative theory of fallacies,
(6) everyday logic (Kienpointner),
(7) the relationship between argumentation and metaphor,
(8) the functional-pragmatic analysis of argumentation in conversations,
(9) argumentation in politics (e.g. in discourses on migration, gender relations and the climate crisis),
(10) the relationship between argumentation and explanation (explication),
(11) complex argumentation in digital polylogues.
The teaching methods consist of a combination of lectures by the course instructor, compulsory reading of selected texts on the topic, student presentations, discussions and the preparation of written papers.

Assessment and permitted materials

The partial achievements consist of active participation in the course units, the oral presentation with a detailed PowerPoint presentation and the submission of a written paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Continuous attendance (two absences are permitted) and active participation in the course units (20%), oral presentation with detailed PowerPoint presentation (30%) and submission of a written paper (50%)(approx. 15 pages)

Examination topics

Gain an overview of the contents of all course units and specialise in a particular subject area of the course

Reading list

Betz, Gregor (2020): Argumentationsanalyse. Eine Einführung. Stuttgart: Metzler.
Hannken-Illjes, Kati (2018): Argumentation. Einführung in die Theorie und Analyse der Argumentation. Tübingen: Narr.
Kienpointner, Manfred (1996): Vernünftig argumentieren. Regeln und Techniken der Diskussion. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt.
Kienpointner, Manfred (2008): Argumentationstheorie. In: Fix Ulla, Gardt, Andreas, Knape, Joachim (eds.): Rhetorik und Stilistik. Handbücher Sprache und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Band 1. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 702-717.
Kopperschmidt, Josef (2000): Argumentationstheorie zur Einführung. Hamburg. Junius.
Lewinski, Marcin, Aakhus, Mark (2023): Argumentation in complex communication. Managing Disagreement in Polylogue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ottmers, Clemens (1996): Argumentationstheorie. In: Ottmers, Clemens (1996): Rhetorik. Stuttgart, Weimar: Metzler. pp. 65-144.
Perelman, Chaim; Olbrechts-Tyteca, Lucie (2004): Die neue Rhetorik. Eine Abhandlung über das Argumentieren. Zwei Bände. Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog.
Pielenz, Michael (1993): Argumentation und Metapher. Tübingen: Narr.
Reisigl, Martin (2014): Argumentation analysis and the Discourse-Historical Approach. A methodological framework. In: Hart, Christopher, Cap, Piotr (eds.): Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 67-96.
Schröter, Juliane (2021): Linguistische Argumentationsanalyse. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.
Schröter, Juliane (ed.)(2022): Politisch Argumentieren in der Schweiz. Hamburg. Buske.
Toulmin, Stephen (1996): Der Gebrauch von Argumenten. Weinheim: Beltz Athenäum Verlag.
Trautmann, Caroline (2004): Argumentieren. Funktional-pragmatische Analysen praktischer und wissenschaftlicher Diskurse. Frankfurt am Main et al.
Van Eemeren, Frans H., Grootendorst, Rob, Snoeck Henkemans, Francisca (1996): Fundamentals of Argumentation Theory. A Handbook of Historical Backgrounds and Contemporary Developments. Mahwah, New Jersey: Laurence Erlbaum Associates.
Walton, Douglas N., Christopher Reed, Fabrizio Macagno (2008): Argumentation schemes. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press.

Association in the course directory

BA-M12
MA2-M3-2

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