Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing - Volume 44, Issue 3, 2022

Abstract “I won’t take that back” A conversation analytical study of Members of Parliament’s responses to the President’s requests to withdraw statements Discussions about what may and may not be said in the Dutch House of Representatives are more relevant than ever: both within the parliament and in the media. There is a heated debate going on about transgressive language use and the role of the President of the H Read More

Abstract The current study assesses whether the stylistic choices that Van Leeuwen & Van Haaften (2018) identified in the ‘Van Gelder’ case affect readers’ evaluations. This case revolves around summary proceedings that gymnast Yuri van Gelder brought against NOC*NSF, as NOC*NSF had removed him from the Olympic gymnastics final due to misbehaviour. Van Leeuwen & Van Haaften argue that Van Gelder’s lawyer’s styl Read More

Samenvatting In dit onderzoek laten we de argumentatieve functies zien van zelfverwijzing en zelfpromotie in de tweets van Nederlandstalige politici en experten in de beginfase van de covid-19-pandemie. Daartoe combineren we pragmatischdiscursieve analyse en inzichten uit argumentatietheorie. In de eerste plaats bespreken we verschillende manieren waarop sprekers hun ethos, dat wil zeggen hun geloofwa Read More