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Fallacy of accent

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1359: 133:," for example, one might argue that men (not women) are created equal, or that men are created (but do not remain) equal. Broadening the fallacy in this manner has met with occasional criticism. 200: 52:, the emphasis given to a word within a phrase, or a phrase within a sentence. The fallacy has also been extended to grammatical ambiguity caused by missing punctuation. 476: 481: 129:. Accordingly, English commentary has tended either to omit the fallacy or to reinterpret it as a fallacy of varying word emphasis. By varying the emphasis in " 244: 210: 181: 125:
Aristotle noted that fallacies of this form were rare in contemporary Greek. They are rarer still in languages like English that have fewer
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Commentators and Commentaries on Aristotle's Sophistici Elenchi: A Study of Post-Aristotelian Ancient and Medieval Writings on Fallacies
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that reasons from two different vocal readings of the same written words. In English, the fallacy typically relies on
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And you said that where you lodge is a house. Therefore a house is a negation. (Ἔφησας δ´ εἶναι τὸ
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Ruiz, Roberto (2019). "Accent". In Arp, Robert; Barbone, Steven; Bruce, Michael (eds.).
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And isn't "you don't lodge" the negation of "you lodge"? / Yes. (Οὐκοῦν τὸ
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Bad Arguments: 100 of the most important fallacies in Western Philosophy
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Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-free Arguments
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Historians' Fallacies: Toward A Logic of Historical Thought
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The fallacy turns here on the varying pronunciation of
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So where you lodge is a house? / Yes. (Ἆρά γ´ ἐστὶ τὸ
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Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language: The Language Trap
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Index

Accentus (fallacy)
fallacy
prosodic stress
Sophistical Refutations
Aristotle
προσῳδία
accentus
diacritics
heteronyms
All men are created equal
Innuendo
Syntactic ambiguity


Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-free Arguments
ISBN
978-0-495-09506-4
Fischer, D. H.
Historians' Fallacies: Toward A Logic of Historical Thought
ISBN
978-0-06-131545-9
OCLC
185446787
Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language: The Language Trap
ISBN
978-0-486-28274-9
ISBN
9781119167907

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