The article explores what might be meant by keyness in Corpus Linguistics. Keyness is a
textual quality which is beginning to arouse interest, but as yet it is little understood and …

Firstly the totalitarian regimes in their classical form are generally considered–at least in
Western societies–a concluded experience we should absolutely not repeat. The distance …

In an important article (this issue), Chris Hart makes the case that CDA needs to draw on a
wider range of theoretical sources in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Science, giving …

Previous research has shown that completing a corpus-based analysis of Twitter data
presents several methodological challenges (McEnery et al., 2015; Zappavinga, 2012). This …

This article is set within the general frame of the discussion on the reconstruction of implicit
premises in argumentation. On the backdrop of the theoretical framework provided by the …

The paper addresses intercultural variability in argumentation, and, more specifically, the
variation in the judgments concerning the reasonableness of arguments across cultures …

is book series highlights the variety of argumentative practices that have become
established in modern society by focusing on the study of context-dependent characteristics …

All argumentation starts from dissent, but needs common ground to build on. Such common
ground is ideally provided by a common cognitive or cultural environment that is shared by …

This paper, expounding one of the focal issues of my dissertation, concerns some
communicative dynamics that are bound to discourse and dialogue common ground, ie to …

Il capitolo analizza l'organizzazione comunicativa (o articolazione tema-rema) a partire da
una teoria della struttura del testo basata su una nozione di “congruità semantica”, teoria …