THE STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION OF ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS
Abstract
With regard to the structural method of textual analysis in general and the analysis of argumentative texts in particular it can safely be said that no standard approach has yet been established. It is almost tautological to mention that numerous approaches exist, which up to the present moment have frustrated all attempts by linguists to integrate them into one comprehensive method. We therefore have to make do with partial methods and their restricted applicational possibilities. The uncertain relation between structural approaches and the historical critical method as well as the uncertain place of structural analysis in the hermeneutical process, causes a further complication of the issue.Downloads
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