Abstract
The pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation developed by van Eemeren and Grootendorst (Speech acts in argumentative discussions: A theoretical model for the analysis of discussions directed towards solving conflicts of opinion. De Gruyter/Foris, Berlin/Dordrecht, 1984), (Argumentation, communication, and fallacies: A pragma-dialectical perspective. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, 1992), (A systematic theory of argumentation. The pragma-dialectical approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2004) enables the analyst of argumentative discourse to make a theoretically motivated reconstruction of the discourse that results in an “analytic overview” of all elements that are pertinent to a critical.