This study is based on a corpus of duel songs from the traditional Ammassalik culture (Southeastern Greenland), published by the anthropologists P.-E. Victor and J. Robert-Lamblin. In this culture, the duel is a moment in the development of a quarrel, originating in a conflictual event; one of the partners challenges the other to a song duel. Our study focuses upon the basic argumentative strategies of defense and counter attack used to reject the accusation. The charges range from what may seem to us the most serious ones, to apparently the most frivolous. The defensive strategies range from serious replies to mere jokes, making fun of the opponent. Formally, the reproached action can be denied, or acknowledged and rejected on other grounds. The defendant often just counter-attacks, either by disqualifying the accuser, or by reversing the charge. The data shows that the duel song is not essentially a “court of assize”. Beyond its cathartic function, the duel is show given by the participants to a participating audience.

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Ammassalik因纽特人决斗歌曲中的攻击，防御和反击

这项研究基于人类学家 P.-E. 出版的来自传统 Ammassalik 文化（格陵兰东南部）的决斗歌曲语料库。维克多和 J. 罗伯特-兰布林。在这种文化中，决斗是争吵发展的一个时刻，起源于冲突事件；其中一个伙伴向另一个挑战歌曲决斗。我们的研究侧重于用于拒绝指控的辩护和反击的基本辩论策略。指控的范围从我们认为最严重的指控到显然最轻率的指控。防守策略的范围从严肃的回答到纯粹的笑话，取笑对手。形式上，被指责的行为可以被否认，或者以其他理由承认和拒绝。被告通常只是反击，要么取消原告的资格，要么撤销指控。数据显示，决斗曲本质上并不是“巡回法庭”。除了宣泄功能之外，决斗是由参与者向参与的观众展示的。