Use of the English Language for Argument and Debating as Found in Oxford & Cambridge Unions

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25580105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Nippon Medical School
• Principal Investigator: Sakimura Koji 日本医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (50162326)
• Research Collaborator: Hutt James Cambridge Union Society, President ; Muhammad Asadullah Khan Cambridge Union Society, Debating Officer
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 修辞法 / 論理 / 討論 / 論証 / ヨーロッパ文化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The history of Cambridge Union Society, its activities, the style of debating have been outlined to provide basic sources of information and to establish the basis for the research. Then, findings about typical forms and styles in argumentative discourse in English, obtained from analyzing actual debates and videos, have been integrated into the attempt to approach European tradition of rhetoric and the Japanese ways of dealing with the use of language in debating.

Free Research Field

英語学