The Etymological Argument - Fallacy or Sound Move

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2002 in the subject Rhetoric / Elocution / Oratory, grade: 8,5 von 10, M.A. with honours, University of Amsterdam (Int. School for Humanities & Social Sciences), course: Speech-Communication, Argumentation-Theory and Rhetorics, language: English, abstract: This text is concerned with the place of etymology as an argument in a critical discussion according to the Pragma-...