Plenary speakers

Jeanne Fahnestock (University of Maryland), From Epitome to Amplification: Rhetorical Poles in the Language of Argument

Ton van Haaften (University of Leiden), Strategic maneuvering with stylistic choices in Dutch political discussions

Christian Plantin (Université Lyon 2), Exaggeration and euphemization as argumentative-emotive moves

Manfred Stede (University of Potsdam), Extracting argumentation structures from text automatically: Achievements and Limitations