Advanced search
Publication Cover
Communication Monographs Volume 62, 1995 - Issue 3
Submit an article Journal homepage
37
Views
29
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Constructing communicative life

Toward a theory of minimally rational argument: Analyses of episode‐specific effects of argument structures

Daniel J. Canary Professor at Pennsylvania State University,
,
Jeanette E. Brossmann Instructor at John Carroll University,
,
Brent G. Brossmann Assistant professor at John Carroll University,
&
Harry Weger Jr. PhD student at the University of Arizona,
Pages 183-212 | Published online: 02 Jun 2009

Citations (29)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (21)

Amy JananJohnson, Dale Hample & Ioana A. Cionea. (2014) Understanding Argumentation in Interpersonal Communication: The Implications of Distinguishing Between Public and Personal Topics. Annals of the International Communication Association 38:1, pages 145-173.
Read now
Amy Janan Johnson, Joshua M. Averbeck, Katherine M. Kelley & Shr-Jie Liu. (2011) When Serial Arguments Predict Harm: Examining the Influences of Argument Function, Topic of the Argument, Perceived Resolvability, and Argumentativeness. Argumentation and Advocacy 47:4, pages 214-227.
Read now
Daniel J. Canary & David R. Seibold. (2010) Epilogue: Continued Uses of the Conversational Argument Coding Scheme. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 168-176.
Read now
Alison Trego, Daniel J. Canary, Jess K. Alberts & Charee Mooney. (2010) Mediators' Facilitative Versus Controlling Argument Strategies and Tactics: A Qualitative Analysis Using the Conversational Argument Coding System. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 147-167.
Read now
Amy Janan Johnson & Joshua M. Averbeck. (2010) Using the Conversation Argument Coding Scheme to Examine Interpersonal Conflict: Insights and Challenges. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 114-132.
Read now
Donald G. Ellis. (2010) Argument and Ethnopolitical Conflict. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 98-113.
Read now
Harry Weger$suffix/text()$suffix/text() & Daniel J. Canary. (2010) Conversational Argument in Close Relationships: A Case for Studying Argument Sequences. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 65-87.
Read now
David R. Seibold, Daisy R. Lemus & Paul Kang. (2010) Extending the Conversational Argument Coding Scheme in Studies of Argument Quality in Group Deliberations. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 46-64.
Read now
Daniel J. Canary & David R. Seibold. (2010) Origins and Development of the Conversational Argument Coding Scheme. Communication Methods and Measures 4:1-2, pages 7-26.
Read now
Amy Janan Johnson. (2009) A Functional Approach to Interpersonal Argument: Differences between Public-Issue and Personal-Issue Arguments. Communication Reports 22:1, pages 13-28.
Read now
M. Sean Limon, Monique Mitchell Turner & Joseph P. Zompetti. (2008) Informal Arguing: The Likelihood of Providing Arguments, Rebuttals, Refutations, and Evidence in an Argumentative Interaction. Argumentation and Advocacy 45:1, pages 37-48.
Read now
Amy Janan Johnson, JenniferA. H. Becker, Shelley Wigley, MichelM. Haigh & ElizabethA. Craig. (2007) Reported Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggressiveness Levels: The Influence of Type of Argument. Communication Studies 58:2, pages 189-205.
Read now
Harry Weger$suffix/text()$suffix/text(). (2006) Associations Among Romantic Attachment, Argumentativeness, and Verbal Aggressiveness in Romantic Relationships. Argumentation and Advocacy 43:1, pages 29-40.
Read now
Jennifer L. Bevan, Jerold L. Hale & Sandra L. Williams. (2004) Identifying and Characterizing Goals of Dating Partners Engaging in Serial Argumentation. Argumentation and Advocacy 41:1, pages 28-40.
Read now
Harry Weger$suffix/text()$suffix/text() & Mark Aakhus. (2003) Arguing in Internet Chat Rooms: Argumentative Adaptations to Chat Room Design and Some Consequences for Public Deliberation at a Distance. Argumentation and Advocacy 40:1, pages 23-38.
Read now
Amy Janan Johnson. (2002) Beliefs about arguing: A comparison of public issue and personal issue arguments. Communication Reports 15:2, pages 99-111.
Read now
Ann Burnett & DianeM. Badzinski. (2000) An exploratory study of argument in the jury decision‐making process. Communication Quarterly 48:4, pages 380-396.
Read now
Irwin Mallin & Karrin Vasby Anderson. (2000) Inviting Constructive Argument. Argumentation and Advocacy 36:3, pages 120-133.
Read now
JohnF. Cragan & DonaldC. Shields. (1999) Translating scholarship into practice: Communication studies reflecting the value of theory‐based research to everyday life. Journal of Applied Communication Research 27:2, pages 92-106.
Read now
RenéeA. Meyers & DaleE. Brashers. (1998) Argument in group decision making: Explicating a process model and investigating the argument‐outcome link. Communication Monographs 65:4, pages 261-281.
Read now
BethA. Semic & DanielJ. Canary. (1997) Trait argumentativeness, verbal aggressiveness, and minimally rational argument: An observational analysis of friendship discussions. Communication Quarterly 45:4, pages 355-378.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (8)

Allison M. Scott. (2022) A Longitudinal Examination of Enacted Goal Attention in End-of-Life Communication in Families. Communication Research 50:8, pages 1044-1075.
Crossref
Dale Hample. 2020. From Argument Schemes to Argumentative Relations in the Wild. From Argument Schemes to Argumentative Relations in the Wild 107 130 .
Ioana A. Cionea, Cameron W. Piercy, Eryn N. Bostwick & Stacie Wilson Mumpower. (2019) Argumentative Competence in Friend and Stranger Dyadic Exchanges. Argumentation 33:4, pages 465-487.
Crossref
Harry WegerJr.Jr.. 2017. Interpersonal Argumentation in Educational and Professional Contexts. Interpersonal Argumentation in Educational and Professional Contexts 27 46 .
Norah E. Dunbar & Amy Janan Johnson. (2015) A test of dyadic power theory. Journal of Argumentation in Context 4:1, pages 42-62.
Crossref
Donald G. Ellis & Ifat Maoz. (2007) Online Argument Between Israeli Jews and Palestinians. Human Communication Research 33:3, pages 291-309.
Crossref
David R. Seibold & Renee A. Meyers. (2016) Group Argument. Small Group Research 38:3, pages 312-336.
Crossref
Bernard Guerin. (2003) Language use as Social Strategy: A Review and an Analytic Framework for the Social Sciences. Review of General Psychology 7:3, pages 251-298.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.