Pragmatics

 

Interpretation

Macagno, F. (2020). How can metaphors communicate arguments?. Intercultural Communication 17(3): 335-363.

Macagno, F. (2019). Analizzare l’argomentazione sui social media. Il caso dei tweet di Salvini.. Sistemi intelligenti 31(3): 601-632.

Macagno, F. & Rossi, M.G. (2019). Metaphors and problematic understanding in chronic care communication. Journal of Pragmatics 151, 103-117. 10.1016/j.pragma.2019.03.010

Macagno, F. (2018). Evidence and presumptions for analyzing and detecting misunderstandings. Pragmatics and Cognition 24(2): 263–296. 10.1075/pc.17034.mac

Macagno, F. (2017). Defaults and inferences in interpretation. Journal of Pragmatics 117: 280-290. 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.06.005.

Macagno, F., & Bigi, S. (2017). Analyzing the pragmatic structure of dialogues. Discourse Studies 19(2): 148–168.

Macagno, F. & Capone, A. (2016). Interpretative Disputes, Explicatures, and Argumentative Reasoning. Argumentation (2016) 30:399–422

Macagno, F. & Zavatta, B. (2014). Reconstructing metaphorical meaning. Argumentation 28(4): 453-488.

Macagno, F. & Walton, D. (2013).Implicatures as Forms of Argument. In A. Capone et al. (eds.), Perspectives on Pragmatics and Philosophy (pp. 203-224). Berlin/New York: Springer.

Macagno, F. (2012). Presumptive Reasoning in Interpretation. Implicatures and Conflicts of Presumptions. Argumentation 26 (2): 233-265.

Macagno, F. (2011). The presumptions of meaning. Hamblin and equivocation. Informal Logic 31 (4): 367-393.

 

Presupposition

Macagno, F. (2019). Presupposition Triggers and Presumptive Interpretation. In: A. Capone, M. Carapezza, F. Lo Piparo (eds.), Further Advances in Pragmatics and Philosophy: Part 2 Theories and Applications (pp. 155-179). Cham: Springer.

Macagno, F., (2018). A dialectical approach to presupposition. Intercultural pragmatics 15(2): 291-313.

Macagno, F., & Bigi, S. (2017). Understanding misunderstandings. Presuppositions and presumptions in doctor-patient chronic care consultations. Intercultural pragmatics 14(1): 49-75.

Macagno, F. (2015). Presupposition as Argumentative Reasoning. In: A. Capone and J. L. Mey (eds.), Interdisciplinary Studies in Pragmatics, Culture and Society (pp. 465-487). Cham: Springer.

Macagno F (2012). Reconstructing and assessing the conditions of meaningfulness. An argumentative approach to presupposition. In H. Ribeiro (ed.), Inside Arguments: Logic and the Study of Argumentation (pp. 247-268). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Macagno, F., & Capone, A. (2016). Uncommon ground. Intercultural Pragmatics, 13(2): 151–180

Macagno, F. & Capone, A. (2016). Presuppositions as Cancellable Inferences. In Keith Allan, Alessandro Capone & Istvan Kecskes (eds.), Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use (pp. 45-68). Cham: Spinger.

Presupposition and argumentative strategies

Macagno, F. (2014).Presupposing redefinitions. In T. Herman & S. Oswald (eds.), Rhetoric and cognition (pp.249-278). Bern: Peter Lang.

Macagno, F. & Damele. G. (2013). The Dialogical Force of Implicit Premises: Presumptions in Enthymemes. Informal Logic 33 (3): 365-393.

 

Relevance

Macagno, F. (2018). Assessing relevance. Lingua 210-211: 42-64. 10.1016/j.lingua.2018.04.007

Walton, D. & Macagno, F. (2016). Profiles of Dialogue for Relevance. Informal Logic, 36 (4): 523-556

Macagno F. (2008). Dialectical Relevance and Dialogical Context in Walton’s Pragmatic Theory Informal Logic 28 (2): 102-128.

Walton D., Macagno F., (2007). Types of Dialogue, Dialectical Relevance, and Textual Congruity. Anthropology & Philosophy 8 (1-2): 101-121.

 

Emotive language

Macagno, F. & Walton, D. (2019). Emotive Meaning in Political Argumentation. Informal Logic 39 (3): 229-261.

Macagno, F. (2014). Manipulating emotions. Value-based reasoning and emotive language. Argumentation and Advocacy 51: 103-122.

Macagno, F. & Walton, D. (2010). The Argumentative Uses of Emotive Language. Revista Iberoamericana de Argumentación 1: 1-37.

Macagno, F. (2012). Gli usi argomentativi del linguaggio emotivo Sistemi intelligenti 24 (3): 433-454.

 

Misquotation and Straw man

Walton, D. & Macagno, F. (2019).Diagnosing Misattribution of Commitments: A Normative and Pragmatic Model of for Assessing Straw Man. In: A. Capone, M. Carapezza, F. Lo Piparo (eds.), Further Advances in Pragmatics and Philosophy: Part 2 Theories and Applications (pp. 111-136). Cham: Springer.

Macagno, F. & Walton, D. (2011).Quotations and Presumptions - Dialogical Effects of Misquotations. Informal Logic 31 (1): 27-55.

Macagno F., Walton D. (2010). Wrenching from Context: The Manipulation of Commitments. Argumentation 24, 3: 283-317.