PH. #1
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StudyGuideforTest1.docxSTUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 1
Be familiar with the following concepts and distinctions:
Linguistic Acts
Speech Acts
Conversational Acts
Gricean Maxims
Cooperation Principle
Quantity
Quality
Relevance
Manner
What is an argument?
Premises
Conclusions
Annotations
Argument Markers
Assuring
Guarding
Discounting
Evaluative Language
Standard Form
Identifying/Cleaning Up Claims
Clarifying Claims
Charitable Interpretation
(and its boundaries!)
Suppressed Premises
Contrast with Conditionals
Arranging the Structure of the Argument
(i.e. diagramming)
Types of Questions
T/F [7?s at 2pts each]: related to general knowledge about arguments (ex: “arguing is a normative activity”); identifying arguments vs non-arguments; identifying arguments as valid and/or sound (not strictly speaking T/F, but the same kind of thing)
Standard Form (short) [4?s at 4pts and 2?s at 4pts]: Identify passages as arguments or not arguments and put those that are arguments into standard form. There will be two sections: one in which you don’t have to worry about suppressed premises, and another in which you will.
Matching [12?s at 1pt]: Match the Gricean Maxims with their rules. Match Linguistic, Speech, and Conversational Acts with their definitions.
Short Answer [3?s at 6pts]: Take a segment of a conversation and identify what the speech and conversational acts are. Identify the literal meaning, the implied meaning, and the way in which the implication is generated (be prepared to cite Gricean Maxims!).
Special [2?s at 16]: Taking an argument and performing an extended reconstruction (the finale): do a close analysis, put the argument in standard form, diagram the argument (the same procedure you used for the paper assignment)
