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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

31. [31] arghXiv:2511.06104

    Periodicity in Extended Disputes: Estimation of the Return Interval

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    19 pages, 6 figures. The disputes observed here have since returned to the configuration described. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); General Futility (futil.GEN)

32. [32] arghXiv:2510.01997

    Metabolic Cost of Maintaining an Unrevised Position Over Extended Intervals

    T. Ferreira

    12 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)

33. [33] arghXiv:2508.02914

    Substitution of the Contested Proposition Over the Course of an Exchange

    D. Ostrowski

    8 pages, 1 table. Message 200 was chosen because the corpus ends there. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

34. [34] arghXiv:2505.02640 [pdf]

    Termination Rates in Single-Channel Disputes: An Eleven-Week Observation

    D. Corrigan

    3 pages, 1 table. Preliminary. A longer observation is planned. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)