On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria
Kienpointner M, Kindt W (2013)
In: Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends. Wodak R (Ed); SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. Los Angeles: SAGE: 167-200.
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Autor*in
Kienpointner, Manfred;
Kindt, WaltherUniBi
Herausgeber*in
Wodak, Ruth
Abstract / Bemerkung
This paper attempts to combine descriptive and normative approaches to the study of argumantation. Starting from the insights of ancient rhetoric and dialectic (Aristotle, Cicero), New Rhetoric (Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca), the Pragma-Dialectic framework (Van Eemeren and Grootendorst) and the theory of fallacies developed by Woods and Walton, bias is defined as a lack of appropriate balance and critical doubt relative to a specific kind of argumentative discourse. More particularly, two main kinds of bias are distinguishable: global and local bias. The former consists in a neglection of global dimensions of the issue in question; the latter results from an incomplete and/or incorrect application of argument schemes. A sample of about 80 letters to the editor written 1991-1992, where the problem of political asylum in Austria and Germany is the central issue, is described and critically evaluated in relation to the argument schemes and strategies of verbalization which are used. Two specific letters are analyzed in some detail. Finally, some recommendations concerning the improvement of both the climate and the standards of political discussions are suggested (e.g. the widespread practice of 'semantic fights' with the aim of pushing through one's own use of political terms should be replaced by the use of (more) impartial terms).
This is a reprint of the 1997 paper "On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria".
This is a reprint of the 1997 paper "On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria".
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
Buchtitel
Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends
Serientitel
SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics
Seite(n)
167-200
ISBN
978-1-4462-1058-1
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2981311
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Kienpointner M, Kindt W. On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria. In: Wodak R, ed. Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends. SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. Los Angeles: SAGE; 2013: 167-200.
Kienpointner, M., & Kindt, W. (2013). On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria. In R. Wodak (Ed.), SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends (pp. 167-200). Los Angeles: SAGE.
Kienpointner, Manfred, and Kindt, Walther. 2013. “On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria”. In Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends, ed. Ruth Wodak, 167-200. SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Kienpointner, M., and Kindt, W. (2013). “On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria” in Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends, Wodak, R. ed. SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics (Los Angeles: SAGE), 167-200.
Kienpointner, M., & Kindt, W., 2013. On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria. In R. Wodak, ed. Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends. SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. Los Angeles: SAGE, pp. 167-200.
M. Kienpointner and W. Kindt, “On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria”, Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends, R. Wodak, ed., SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics, Los Angeles: SAGE, 2013, pp.167-200.
Kienpointner, M., Kindt, W.: On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria. In: Wodak, R. (ed.) Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends. SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. p. 167-200. SAGE, Los Angeles (2013).
Kienpointner, Manfred, and Kindt, Walther. “On the problem of bias in political argumentation: an investigation into discussions about political asylum in Germany and Austria”. Critical discourse analysis. Bd. 4: Applications, Interdisziplinary Perspecvtives and New Trends. Ed. Ruth Wodak. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2013. SAGE benchmarks in language and linguistics. 167-200.
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