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Peer reviewedChristmann, Ursula; Mischo, Christoph – Language and Speech, 2000
Deals with the effects of aesthetic quality and argumentational integrity or fairness on the persuasiveness of contributions to argumentation. Basic argumentative dialogs were varied in aesthetic quality via the use of figurative language and in fairness via the addition of faulty, insincere, or unjust arguments.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Figurative Language, Persuasive Discourse, Speech Communication
