| Nomination |
Discursive construction of social actors, objects, phenomena, and events |
How are the chosen identity labels named and referred to linguistically? |
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| Predication |
Labeling social actors more or less positively or negatively, deprecatorily or appreciatively |
What traits, characteristics, and features are attributed to these chosen subjects? |
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| Argumentation |
Justification and questioning of positive or negative attributions |
By means of what arguments and argumentation schemes are certain representations of the subjects justified, legitimized and naturalized in discourse? |
Topos in the concordance lines (Within argumentation theory, topoi can be understood as the parts of argumentation of the required premises. Topos constitute the formal or content-related warrants or conclusion rules that connect arguments with conclusions or claims. In other words, topos can justify the transition from argument to conclusion) |
