TY - BOOK AU - Sproule,J.Michael TI - Argument: language and its influence SN - 9780070605206 AV - PN4121 .S78 U1 - 808.53 PY - 1980/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Oral communication KW - Persuasion (Rhetoric) KW - Debates and debating N1 - Online version: Sproule, J. Michael, 1949- Argument. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1980 (OCoLC)652257454; Includes indexes. and Bibliography: p. 443-451; Working with Some Basic Concepts of Argument -- Giving and Receiving Messages: Approaches to the Use and Perception of Language -- An Introduction to the Forms of Argument -- Descriptions: Arguments That Draw Issues of Fact -- Interpretations: Arguments That Draw Issues of Definition -- Evaluations: Arguments That Draw Issues of Value -- The Process of Persuasion -- The Ethics of Argument and Persuasion -- Communication Strategies in Contemporary Society -- Poilcy Analysis Skills -- Policy Advocacy Skills; TOC; English UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/argument-language-and-its-influence/oclc/5239446&referer=brief_results ER -