Precedential Ad Hominem in Polemical Exchange: Examples from the Israeli Political Debate

Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 485 - 499
Published: Feb 27, 2018
Abstract
This article explores the modalities by which referring to past discursive performance of adversaries within a continuous polemical exchange is used in ad hominem attacks. Our starting point holds that in the context of lengthy debates, participants and third-party listeners share a rhetorical memory, which, dynamic and subjective as it may be, allows for the evaluation of participants’ characters based on their perceived discursive...
Paper Details
Title
Precedential Ad Hominem in Polemical Exchange: Examples from the Israeli Political Debate
Published Date
Feb 27, 2018
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
485 - 499
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