Enthymemes and Topoi in Dialogue : : The Use of Common Sense Reasoning in Conversation / / Ellen Breitholtz.

• Superior document: Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface Series ; Volume 41
• VerfasserIn: Breitholtz, Ellen,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; Volume 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 161 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes indexes.

In Enthymemes and Topoi in Dialogue, Ellen Breitholtz presents a novel and precise account of reasoning from an interactional perspective. The account draws on the concepts of enthymemes and topoi, originating in Aristotelian rhetoric and dialectic, and integrates these in a formal dialogue semantic account using TTR, a type theory with records. Argumentation analysis and formal approaches to reasoning often focus the logical validity of arguments on inferences made in discourse from a god’s-eye perspective. In contrast, Breitholtz’s account emphasises the individual perspectives of interlocutors and the function and acceptability of their reasoning in context. This provides an analysis of interactions where interlocutors have access to different topoi and therefore make different inferences. Readership: All interested in the pragmatics-rhetoric interface and in theories of meaning and coherence in dialogue and discourse.

Table of Contents

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Figures -- ‎Chapter 1. Micro-Rhetoric in Dialogic Interaction -- ‎1.1. Interaction Based Linguistics -- ‎1.1.1. Dialogism -- ‎1.1.2. Dialogue Semantics -- ‎1.2. Micro-rhetorical Linguistics -- ‎1.3. The Aristotelian Enthymeme -- ‎1.3.1. Aristotelian Rhetoric -- ‎1.3.2. The Syllogism and the Enthymeme -- ‎1.4. Topoi-the Warrants of Enthymemes -- ‎1.4.1. Topoi in Linguistics -- ‎1.4.2. Topoi as Cultural Indicators -- ‎1.5. Linking Enthymeme and Topos -- ‎1.6. Aim and Outline of This Book -- ‎Chapter 2. Enthymematic Reasoning and Pragmatics -- ‎2.1. Introduction -- ‎2.2. Presupposition -- ‎2.2.1. Accommodation -- ‎2.3. Conversational Implicature -- ‎2.4. Relevance Theory -- ‎2.4.1. Relevance, Enthymemes and Topoi -- ‎2.5. Anti-inferentialism -- ‎2.5.1. A Rhetorical View of Anti-inferentialism -- ‎2.6. Discourse Coherence -- ‎2.6.1. Conversation Analysis -- ‎2.6.2. Rhetorical Relations -- ‎2.7. Summary -- ‎Chapter 3. Enthymemes in Dialogue -- ‎3.1. Introduction -- ‎3.2. Using ttr to Analyse Interaction -- ‎3.2.1. Some Basic Concepts of ttr -- ‎3.2.2. Subtyping in ttr -- ‎3.2.3. The Dialogue Gameboard -- ‎3.3. Analysing a Simple Dialogue -- ‎3.4. Introducing Enthymematic Reasoning on the dgb -- ‎3.4.1. Topoi as Resources for Inventing Arguments -- ‎3.4.2. Introducing the Enthymeme under Discussion -- ‎3.5. Summary -- ‎Chapter 4. Analysing Enthymematic Dialogue -- ‎4.1. Enthymeme Elicited by Why? -- ‎4.1.1. Integrate Why? -- ‎4.1.2. Integrate EnthymemeWhy? -- ‎4.2. Coordinating on Topoi -- ‎4.2.1. Integrating Topos -- ‎4.2.2. Topoi from Underspecified Enthymemes -- ‎4.2.3. Re-raising Topoi -- ‎4.2.4. Re-evaluating Topoi -- ‎4.2.5. Accommodating Resource Topoi -- ‎4.3. Summary -- ‎Chapter 5. Participating in Enthymematic Dialogue -- ‎5.1. Enthymemes and Cognitive Load.

‎5.1.1. Information Redundancy in Dialogue -- ‎5.1.2. A Rhetorical Approach to IRUs -- ‎5.2. Enthymemes and Dialogue Context -- ‎5.3. Conversational Games -- ‎5.4. The Suggestion Game -- ‎5.5. Analysing a Suggestion Dialogue -- ‎5.5.1. Initial Tacit Moves -- ‎5.5.2. Rules for Updating Private Games -- ‎5.5.3. Updating the Agenda -- ‎5.5.4. Drawing on Topoi to Specify Move Content -- ‎5.5.5. Accommodation of Enthymemes -- ‎5.6. Summary -- ‎5.6.1. Enthymemes and Artificial Intelligence -- ‎Chapter 6. Rhetorical Reasoning in Dialogue -- ‎6.1. A Rhetorical Perspective on Non-monotonicity -- ‎6.1.1. The Tweety Triangle -- ‎6.1.2. The Nixon Diamond -- ‎6.2. Drawing on Topoi in Conversation -- ‎6.2.1. The Topoi of Dog Hairs -- ‎6.2.2. Composition of Topoi and Enthymemes -- ‎6.3. Acquiring Topoi in Interaction -- ‎6.4. Summary -- ‎Chapter 7. Conclusions and Future Work -- ‎7.1. Conclusions -- ‎7.1.1. Pragmatic Inference -- ‎7.1.2. Defining Genres -- ‎7.1.3. Enthymemes in Conversational AI -- ‎7.1.4. Accommodation -- ‎7.1.5. Formalisation -- ‎7.1.6. Non-monotonic Reasoning -- ‎7.2. Future Work -- ‎7.2.1. Experimental and Corpus Studies -- ‎7.2.2. Enthymematic Reasoning and Probabilistic Inference -- ‎7.2.3. Theoretical Development -- ‎7.3. Summary -- ‎Appendix 1. Update Rules -- ‎Appendix 2. Definitions -- ‎References -- ‎Index of Authors -- ‎Index of Subjects.