To illustrate the development of argumentation theory, the paper traces the journey of the pragma-dialectical theory as it widened its scope, step by step, from an abstract model of critical discussion to the complexities of actual argumentative discourse. It describes how, having contextualized, empiricalized and formalized their approach, pragma-dialecticians are now putting the theory’s analytical instruments to good use in identifying prototypical argumentative patterns in specific communicative activity types in the various communicative domains. This means that they can now start answering the crucial question about the typical characteristics of their discourse asked by interested lawyers, politicians, academics and other practitioners of argumentation.

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论证理论与论证实践：一种重要而复杂的关系

为了说明论证理论的发展，本文追溯了语用辩证理论从批判性讨论的抽象模型逐步扩展到实际论证话语的复杂性的过程。它描述了在将他们的方法进行情境化、经验化和形式化后，语用辩证法家现在如何将理论的分析工具很好地用于识别各种交际领域中特定交际活动类型中的原型论证模式。这意味着他们现在可以开始回答感兴趣的律师、政治家、学者和其他论证实践者提出的关于他们话语的典型特征的关键问题。