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Rhetoric (rhet)

Persuasion and its instruments, including instruments that are not persuaded themselves.

August 2026

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:2608.02840 [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)