Drawing the Line in the Sand: Re-grounding the Theory and ...

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28 Drawing the Line in the Sand: Re-grounding the Theory and Practice of Topicality Debate Audra R. Diers, Ph.D., Marist College Abstract Topicality is often one of the most frustrating positions run in NFA LD— regardless of whether it is topicality, effects topicality, or extra topicality because there is a substantial variance in the approach, structure, and theoretical grounding of the positions. From both a communication scholar and debate theorist's perspective, many of the emergent trends are disturbing because: (a) they are pervasive; (b) they move away from good argumentation theory; (c) they make the position less appealing

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