argumentation communities
Arguments can be made anywhere we want them to be made. We can look at some of these arguments that we are making by examining the communities we use to make them in. Perceived in terms of context, argument is discussed in terms of the "audience" to whom it is addressed or in terms of the "community," "field" or "sphere" in which it takes place. (McKerrow, p.27) By looking at a professional sports event I will address the audience and the community to explain the argument that is taking place. More specifically, the sports event that I will choose to analyze is an NFL game. To explain the idea of argument in communities, the community itself must be defined. "Communities are typified by the specific rules which govern argumentative behavior, by social practices which determine who may speak with what authority, and by their own "display" of these rules and social practices in response to challenges from within or outside the community."(McKerrow, p.28) The first part of the community is defined by the specific rules that govern argumentative behavior. For a football game these rules refer to the fans in creating the community. As fans, if we want to be apart of the community, we realize there are rules that we need to
Finally, not only was shown the community, which argumentation can happen in, but also the audience that is involved in the argumentation that happens in this community. The challenge in this case is coming from the official. By looking at a professional football game we can see how arguments can occur in any community. These are the basic rules that fans follow. They can one, argue with a fan from another team that their team is the better one and will prevail with a victory. Finally, the "display" of these rules and social practices can be in response to challenges from within or outside the community. The official here is saying that your team (the fans') has done something wrong so therefore your team will be punished for it. This is how we can look at discourse, which may be aimed at members or outsiders in an argument. Non-verbally they show their satisfaction by jumping around, waiving their hands, giving other fans high-fives etc. These fans recognize that they are apart of a community. Why this may occur in your argument is because you may need to use words related to that community like offense or defense.
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