Analyzing Discourse and Argumentation Today: Contemporary European Trends

Tel-Aviv University, June 5-6, 2011

Sunday, June 5th, Gilman Building, room 496
9.30: Greetings

Dr. Orly Lubin, TAU, Chair of the Porter Institute
Prof. Shirley Sharon-Zisser, TAU, Chair of the Department of English
Prof. Ruth Amossy (TAU) and Prof. Roselyne Koren (Bar Ilan), Coordinators of ADARR

What does "Analysis" mean?

10.00-10.45: Norman Fairclough (Lancaster, UK):
The Nature of Analysis in CDA, and the Case for Incorporating Analysis and Evaluation of Argumentation

10.45-11.30: Dominique Maingueneau (Paris-12, France):
What is Discourse Analysis looking for?

11.30-12.00: Coffee Break

12.00- 12.20: Respondent: Thierry Herman (Lausanne and Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

12. 20- 13.00: Discussion

13.00: Lunch

Is there an Argumentative Turn of Discourse Analysis?

15.00-15.30: Isabela Ietcu-Fairclough (Bucharest, Romania and Lancaster, UK):
Analyzing Practical Reasoning in Political Discourse

15.30-16.00: Ruth Amossy (TAU, Israel):
Integrating Argumentation in Discourse Analysis

16.00-16.20: Respondent: Elda Weizman (Bar Ilan, Israel)

16.20-17.00: Discussion

17.00-17.15: Coffee Break

17.15-17.45: Raphael Micheli (Lausanne, Switzerland):
Toward a Discursive Approach of Argumentation: Goals and Methodological Principles

17.45-18.15: Emmanuelle Danblon (ULB, Belgium):
Is Rhetoric a Discipline?

18.15-18.35: Respondent: Galia Yanoshevsky (Bar Ilan, Israel)

18.35- 19.15: Discussion