Abstract: This article defends the hypothesis that, in order to develop a general definition of argumentation, it is not necessary to have recourse to the notion of persuasion, nor even to speak of an attempt to provoke a change of attitude in the addressee.
CLIL theme: 3154 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Linguistique, Sciences du langage -- Stylistique et analyse du discours, esthétique
