From regularity to norm or �the three-step efficient communication�

It is known that there are spheres of human life and areas of human activity so
complex in nature that they inherently become, on the one hand, absolutely
exceptional, and, on the other hand, impossible to seize in any global model: we
lack data, we cannot corroborate data extrapolated from the analysis of the various
perspectives meant to observe the objects in question but above all things we
cannot count on the faithful repetition of the events specific to these spheres and
areas. I include in this category the spheres related to both natural and social
phenomena, to human thinking, and, finally, to the language activity, deeply
embedded in thinking and also seen as central to any instance of communication in
our world, namely the world of the living. Continue reading ?

Autor: Dan S. STOICA �Al. I. Cuza� University of Ia?i (Romania)

Articol despre: Cognitie, Limbaj si comunicare, Texte, Texte in limba engleza,
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On Wooden Language and Manipulation
There are many ways people use some established wooden language and this
differentiate them when they are targeted by manipulative discourses. Some people
would be genuinely politically correct and use the speech code with all their
heart. Those ones can be manipulated by the bias of targeted discourses in the
given wooden language. Some other people would not believe that wooden languages
could be used in real communication. Part of these later ones would fake using the
established wooden language in their group or society, part of them would overtly
refuse to use such a language, while some of them would use the wooden language in
an ironic key, to rally human or social shortcomings. Counting apart the first
category, all these kinds of people would escape any manipulation attempt. Continue
reading ?

Autor: Dan S. STOICA �Al. I. Cuza� University of Ia?i (Romania)

Publicat in: Argumentum. Journal of the Seminar of Discursive Logic, Argumentation
Theory and Rhetoric 14 (1) : 102-120, 2016
http://www.fssp.uaic.ro/argumentum/Numarul%2014%20issue%201/06_Stoica_tehno.pdf
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Mind formatting institutions
Everywhere in the world, societies � acting as communities � set up institutions or
just use already existing ones, leading to their own reproduction.This reality
relies on the use of language, which not only influence people, but also socio-
culturally shapes their minds. This paper has the goal of discussing mind
formatting institutions that smoothly �manipulate� people into being �good
citizens�, from their early ages to the end of their lives, thanks to language,
understanding manipulation as a amoral tool. Continue reading ?

Autor: Dan S. Stoica � University �Alexandru Ioan Cuza� at Iasi

Limba: English
Publicat in: TrajEthos, 4(1), 91-109, 2015. Submitted: 12/04/15; Revised: 11/10/15;
Published: 29/12/15.
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What is Jamie Oliver�s big knife doing in Midsomer Magna? On manipulation
Traditionally, the term �manipulation� is used in a morally depreciative sense, as
a pejorative expression. The present paper tries to propose another view on
manipulation as action and thus another perception of the linguistic term. For
this, we will leave the territory of moral distinctions (good vs. bad, moral vs.
immoral) and go camp in the territory of adequacy, a territory of instruments and
their efficiency in usage (the distinction will be good vs. bad, in the sense of
the appropriateness and efficiency of the chosen instrument in performing some
particular action).
Taken as such, the manipulation is no longer viewed as moral or immoral, but simply
as amoral. In contrast with that, manipulation will be discussed under the
opposition good vs. bad in terms of the pragmatics of the action. We will then
accept that there can be morally good manipulation, which also means that an
expression like �bad manipulation� is not a pleonasm, but a way to refer to
manipulation that didn�t produce the expected effect. Continue reading ?

Autor: DAN STOICA �Alexandru Ioan Cuza� University, Faculty of Letters, Ia?i �
Rom�nia dstoica_ro@yahoo.com
Publicat in: Argumentum, Caietele Seminarului de Logic? discursiv?, Teoria
argument?rii si Retoric? (http://www.fssp.uaic.ro/argumentum/Numarul%2012%20issue
%201/08_Stoica_tehno.pdf)
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Virtual civic identity
The paper presents a study on a typology of civic identities of public contributors
of online articles on forums and their possibilities of automatic identification.
We analyse the dialogic means and exploration of automatic extraction of features
from forum utterances.

The research suggests new perspectives for defining types of online commentators of
public discourses addressing domains such as politics, arts, education, etc. In the
investigation we apply some pragmalinguistics approaches on communication, mainly
taken from polyphony and enunciation areas.

http://consilr.info.uaic.ro/2013/index.php Continue reading ?

Autor: DANIELA G�FU, �Alexandru Ioan Cuza� University, Faculty of Computer Science,
Ia?i � Rom�nia daniela.gifu@info.uaic.ro DAN STOICA �Alexandru Ioan Cuza�
University, Faculty of Letters, Ia?i � Rom�nia dstoica_ro@yahoo.com DAN CRISTEA
Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Romanian Academy - Ia?i branch, Rom�nia
dcristea@info.uaic.ro
Publicat in: Conferin?a "Resurse lingvistice ?i instrumente pentru prelucrarea
limbii rom�ne" ConsILR-2013 Edi?ia a IX-a a Conferin?ei Consor?iului de
Informatizare pentru Limba Rom�n? Castelul Sturdza, Micl?u?eni, jud. Ia?i 16-17 mai
2013 http://consilr.info.uaic.ro/2013/index.php
Articol despre: Limbaj si comunicare, Managementul informatiei, Texte in limba
engleza, Texte in limbi straine |
Relying on language
Studying discourses seems to be an endless occupation, mostly because of the
different approaches to the concept of �discourse�, but also because of the ever
changing media and contexts where discourses take place. Our attention has always
been drawn to the idea that discourses are social interactions which leave traces
in our lives. Continue reading ?

Autor: Dan S. Stoica Facultatea de Litere Departamentul de Jurnalism ?i ?tiin?ele

Comunic?rii
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Phrases in Time�
Abstract:
The text deals with clich�s, in the sense of phrases everybody uses just because
they are in fashion. The difference between phrase and enunciation, between text
and discourse is the foundation of the claim made in this study. A phrase � any
phrase � can have a semantic of its own and this makes it worth using in some
contexts. In other words, the phrases get meanings in context. But the changing of
contexts could make a perfectly acceptable phrase become not so acceptable. Or,
contexts evolve and resuming former truth can have the most unexpected results.
Some notorious
phrases are discussed and proven out of date or simply inadequate. On the other
hand, a well known phrase is saluted as happily enriched with a meaning which got
lost over the years. When it comes to using phrases, we have discourses, and the
meaning of any discourse is contextual. Clich�s don�t work well all the time.

Keywords: context sensitive meaning, phrase vs. enunciation, text vs. discourse,
clich�s Continue reading ?

Autor: Dan S. Stoica Faculty of Letters Department of Journalism and Communication

Studies & Seminar on Discursive Logic, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, Faculty
of Philosophy �Al. I. Cuza� University, Ia?i
Publicat in: Argumentum Caietele Seminarului de Logic? discursiv?, Teoria argument?
rii si Retoric? Vol 11, Issue 1/2013 Discursive Research and Ideology
http://www.fssp.uaic.ro/argumentum/Numarul%20curent.htm
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Wisdom and the Cultural Dimension of Appropriateness
Abstract:
In any book on Communication we find rules or even maxims, guiding us in being
efficient. The idea of this text is that there is no rule in communication. There
can be just one acceptable principle and it says: �Be appropriate!�. People have to
do what they have to do in different situations, in different contexts, in order to
get their intentions through. A good starting point could be the phrase of Ivan
Preston: Meanings are in people, not in messages. From there, all one needs is
wisdom, and our approach is not more encouraging on defining that then defining
appropriateness.

Keywords: appropriateness, wisdom, rules in communication. Continue reading ?

Autor: Dan S. Stoica Faculty of Letters Department of Journalism and Communication

Studies & Seminar on Discursive Logic, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, Faculty
of Philosophy �Al. I. Cuza� University, Ia?i
Publicat in: Argumentum Caietele Seminarului de Logic? discursiv?, Teoria argument?
rii si Retoric? Vol 10, Issue 2/2012 Contemporary Challenges in Political
Communication http://www.fssp.uaic.ro/argumentum/Numarul%20curent.htm
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A Logical Approach to Argumentation
Any result of a discursive activity can be analyzed from at least two distinct
perspectives: a logical one (aiming to establish the correctness of the thoughts,
and the way each thought is related with the next one, in a clear, easy to follow
judgement); a semiotic perspective would offer the possibility to understand the
way the utterer has used the linguistic material (as signs, in communication), in
order to reach the goal s/he is after, taking into account the relations between
the signs and their users, as well as the interaction between the participants to
the argument. In the present paper, we intend to stress out the logical
perspective. Continue reading ?

Autor: Constantin Salavastru, Ph.D. University �Al.I.Cuza�, Iassy (Romania) Faculty

of Philosophy The Seminar of Discursive Logic, Theory of Argumentation and Rhetoric
E-mail: csalav@uaic.ro Dan Stoica, Ph.D. University �Al.I.Cuza�, Iassy (Romania)
Faculty of Letters Department of Journalism and Communication Studies E-mail:
dstoica_ro@yahoo.com
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Our Father to all of us, proportionately. You get what you give: metaphor and
proportionality
Motto:
�The unspeakability of nature is the very possibility of language.�
James P. Carse

The act of speech involves the operation of discursive schematisation destined to

influence the interlocutor, to make him or her accept and adopt new ideas and
attitudes which are programmed by the initiator of the speech act, who wants his or
her interlocutor to act in a certain way. When you speak, you want the other to
believe you. In order to believe, one has to understand. So, the speaker should
make sure that the hearer has the best of chances to get to the message contained
in a speech act.
Continue reading ?

Autor: Dan S. Stoica Facultatea de Litere Departamentul de Jurnalism ?i ?tiin?ele

Comunic?rii & Seminarul de Logic? discursiv?, Teoria argument?rii ?i Retoric?,
Facultatea de Filosofie Universitatea �Al. I. Cuza�, Ia?i