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Doing disagreement in the House of Lords: 'Talking around the issue' as a context-appropriate argumentative strategy
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posted on 2016-03-10, 10:49 authored by Jessica RoblesIn this article I analyze talk in a political setting to demonstrate how disagreement-relevant practices are fitted to context to accomplish a kind of argumentative strategy. I propose that in the British Parliament’s House of Lords, interlocutors deal with dilemmas of disagreement by doing something I refer to as ‘talking around the issue’, a practice involving 1) institutional positioning, 2) display of emotionality, and 3) orientation to the issue. I suggest that these practices are indicative of institutional norms, but also comprise some of the argumentative resources available to interactants in everyday argumentative practice. These practices also reflect key areas of interest in disagreement and conflict research related to context, style, and issues in conflict.
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School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
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Discourse & CommunicationVolume
5Issue
2Pages
147 - 168Citation
ROBLES, J., 2011. Doing disagreement in the House of Lords: 'Talking around the issue' as a context-appropriate argumentative strategy. Discourse & Communication, 5(2), pp. 147-168.Publisher
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1750-4813eISSN
1750-4821Publisher version
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