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argument noun [C] (IDEAS)
argument noun [C] (REASONS)
argument noun [C] (DISAGREEMENT)
I had an argument with my boss.
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To this end, they examine both the central empirical arguments and the rhetoric and argumentation of the dispute.
If there is any inconsistency, it is found in the kinds of arguments which the authors make.
Direct internal arguments are the only overt arguments which can ' measure out the event '. iii.
In section 5, we provide arguments supporting the assumption that the deficit presented in the case study is authentically phonological in nature.
She takes modality rather than implicit arguments to be an essential characteristic of middles.
I did feel it was a shame not to have more on the linguistic arguments.
The throwtype verbs, on the other hand, are taken to basically select two arguments : an agent and a theme.
How to set parameters : arguments from language change.
Inductive arguments are therefore kinds of ampliative arguments, in which something beyond the content of the premises is inferred.
As we will see, defenders of the restitutionar y account of necessity frame their arguments in terms of unjust enrichment.
Although such a view is of course not entailed by the arguments in my last few paragraphs, it can per fectly well square with them.
He may be right about that, but his arguments do not demonstrate that he is.
Instead, in the absence of conclusive arguments, the rational thing to do is to look at the evidence for both sides.
Plausible arguments for deploying the criminal law against such behavior can be made from grievance morality.
The chapters are carefully researched, and provide an engaging combination of substantial empirical detail with insightful larger arguments.
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Generalizations of the verb-centered instances emerge gradually as the verb-centered categories themselves are analyzed into more abstract argument-structure constructions.
At each step, we report parallel regression results, verifying that our basic argument is substantiated regardless of how we cut the data.
During the past twenty years, this movement has become a major industry, welcomed by many and lampooned by others, and often the cause of bitter argument.
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