Miss South Carolina: a pragma-dialectical analysis

Authors

  • Cristóbal Joannon Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.21.08

Keywords:

argumentation, argumentative discourse, pragma-dialectics, School of Amsterdam, strategic maneuvering, Miss South Carolina

Abstract

This text presents an argumentative analysis of a very well-known interaction

–a so-called “YouTube phenomenon”– that a candidate of a Beauty

Contest gave when she was asked about the reason why a fifth of American

people is not able to locate the U.S. in a World map. This analysis uses the

Pragma-dialectical approach to argumentative discourse in its dialectical and

rethorical dimensions, and shows what powerful it is in order to decipher

and evaluate the argumentative structure of a muddled discourse.

Author Biography

Cristóbal Joannon, Universidad de Chile

Invited Professor, Departamento de Ciencias del Derecho, Facultad de

Derecho

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2010-06-30 — Updated on 2010-06-30

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How to Cite

Joannon, C. (2010). Miss South Carolina: a pragma-dialectical analysis. Onomázein, (21), 225–235. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.21.08

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No. 21 (2010): Junio

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Articles

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