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“You die for life”: On the use of poetic devices in argumentation1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Charleen Rains
Charleen Rains
Affiliation:
Département d'anthropologie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Suce. “A” Montréal, Québec H3C 3J4Canada
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Abstract

Analysis of a sociolinguistic interview reveals repeated presentation of ideas, words, expressions, and structures. These recurrent devices and patterns increase the effect of arguments. The immediate purpose is the listener's acceptance of the speaker's views. There is also a concern to gain recognition of the speaker's opinion of self and his position in society. (Poetics in conversation, argumentation, repetition, Montreal French, Quebec)

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Language in Society , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 253 - 276
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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