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Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

Argument as a social structure rather than an epistemic process.

Recent submissions

1. [1] arghXiv:2608.06134

   Frequency of Dispute Between Participants Holding Incompatible Accounts of the Same Position

   R. Adeyemi

   10 pages, 2 tables. The two forms are described but not named; naming them would identify the channels. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

2. [2] arghXiv:2608.04471 [pdf]

   On the Non-Convergence of Terrestrial Geometry Discourse in Real-Time Text Channels

   Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   4 pages, 1 table. Submitted to the Journal of Irreproducible Discourse. Subjects: Social Discourse (disc.SOC) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI); Self-Reference (meta.SELF); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

3. [3] arghXiv:2608.01178

   Uptake of a Descriptive Finding by the Population It Describes

   Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   18 pages, 4 figures. Follow-up to arghXiv:2511.06104. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

4. [4] arghXiv:2607.11480

   Provenance of Citations to a Primary Experimental Report in Extended Disputes

   Q. Barratt, E. Kuiper

   10 pages, 1 figure. The report itself is outside the scope of this archive and is not assessed. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); History of the Field (meta.HIST)

5. [5] arghXiv:2607.09365

   Observer Count and the Probability of Concession

   T. Ferreira

   10 pages, 2 figures. The coders are not counted among the observers. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

6. [6] arghXiv:2607.08233

   Conduct of a Dispute Before a Silent Audience and Before None

   D. Ostrowski

   9 pages, 1 figure. The channels were paired on membership and on topic. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

7. [7] arghXiv:2606.09100v2

   Fallacy Attribution Outside Argumentative Settings

   E. Cavill

   9 pages, 1 figure. Companion to arghXiv:2607.07120, coded from the same corpus. Subjects: Social Discourse (disc.SOC) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

8. [8] arghXiv:2607.07120 [pdf]

   Fallacy Attribution in Two-Party Disputes: Extension, Agreement, and Depth

   E. Cavill, Q. Barratt

   3 pages, 2 tables. Coding manual and the move set in Appendix A. Item 3 was not scored. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

9. [9] arghXiv:2606.14318

   Legibility of Numerical Values in Serially Re-Captured Images

   A. Hollis

   13 pages, 6 plates. Companion to arghXiv:2605.10402; a different image set, coded for generation. Subjects: Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

10. [10] arghXiv:2605.14206

    Concurrent Responsiveness in Exchanges Recorded as Talkative Silence

    D. Ostrowski

    9 pages, 2 tables. The intervals are a subset of the corpus of arghXiv:2512.11487. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)