ABSTRACT
Everyone argues at some point in their everyday life. You probably argue with family, friends, employers, work colleagues, fellow students and teachers. The tools used for arguments like this are usually not precise and are often driven by emotional responses to other people’s behaviour, such as anger, frustration, anxiety, and even love. Despite their seriousness in terms of the potential consequences to relationships and status, these arguments are informal and non-academic. Argument in universities, where it is manifested as academic argument, and in the courtroom or negotiator’s office, where it has a professional and punitive form, has a more formal definition.
