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Discourse Studies (disc)

The behaviour of argument considered as a phenomenon in its own right, independent of anything argued about.

Recent submissions

1. [1] arghXiv:2512.11487v2 [pdf]

   Response Types to Direct Questions in Two-Party Text Disputes

   E. Cavill, D. Ostrowski

   5 pages, 1 table. The manual is Table 1, and is also kept at /help/response-types. Table 1 revised at v2: one category added, its count split from prius tu, the corpus total unchanged. Participants were not shown the codes applied to them; see arghXiv:2510.03920. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

2. [2] 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)

3. [3] arghXiv:2608.04740

   Mutual Attribution of Faith in Exchanges Where Neither Position Admits a Test

   S. Nakagawa

   12 pages, 1 table. Exchanges were selected on a structural criterion and their subject is not characterised here. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Eristics (argu.ER) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

4. [4] 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)

5. [5] arghXiv:2608.03106

   Moderator Intervention and Turn Completion in Voice Channels

   D. Corrigan

   14 pages, 4 figures. Companion to arghXiv:2608.02840; the same recordings, coded for a different purpose. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

6. [6] arghXiv:2608.02840 [pdf]

   Exits from Text in Two-Party Disputes: Voice Transfer, Image Substitution, and Deferred Citation

   E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   3 pages, 1 table. Corpus and coding manual available on request; two requests have been received. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN) (primary class); Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

7. [7] 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)

8. [8] 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)

9. [9] 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)

10. [10] 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)