Abstract
This chapter presents some basic principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and especially of the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA). It deals with the intricate and complex relationships between argumentation theory and the DHA via the (salient) concept of topos/topoi. One of the main aims of this chapter is to elaborate the importance of the Aristotelian topos for the argumentation strategies of the DHA and to discuss the influence of Aristotelian syllogism in modern argumentation scholarship. Thereafter, in this chapter also discusses the concept of fallacy and its function in media discourses; furthermore, it deals with the links between the Aristotelian tradition of endoxon and the concept of hegemonic knowledge.
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