Graham, I'm not sure if Deborah Tannen's book, The Argument Culture would be useful or not. But if you type her name+argument into Google, you get some interesting things. Best, Betsy At 12:30 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote: >I'll point, though I'm sure you'll already be aware of it, to >all of George Lakoff's work on framing. > >-- Russ > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm researching the social construction of argumentation in the current > > debates over global warming and climate change. I'm wondering whether > > anyone could point me towards work in Writing Studies or elsewhere that's > > looked at how arguments are socially constructed and deployed by > collectives > > (i.e., organizations, institutions, 'discourse coalitions') as opposed to > > individuals? > > > > (I'm going to post this query to the CATTW listserv as well, so > I'm sorry if > > you get this message twice.) > > > > Thanks very much, > > Graham > > > > Acting Supervisor of Graduate Studies > > School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies > > > > --------------------------------- > > Graham Smart > > Associate Professor > > Carleton University > > School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies > > 215 Paterson Hall > > 1125 Colonel By Drive > > Ottawa, Ontario > > Canada K1S 5B6 > > (613) 520-2600 (Ext. 2000) > > ---------------------------------- > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >St. Thomas University >http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Sargent Director of Writing Initiatives and Professor of English Department of English and Film Studies University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E5 CANADA (780) 492-0457 Office (780) 492-8142 FAX [log in to unmask] http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/wtf/ http://www.sargent.nelson.com/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-