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Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) AIHR

Dr. M.H. (Menno) Reijven

Assistant Professor of Argumentation and Communication
Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Taalbeheersing, Argumentatietheorie en Retorica
Visiting address
  • Spuistraat 134
  • Room number: 5.06
Postal address
  • Postbus 1637
    1000 BP Amsterdam
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  • Publications

    2024

    • Dori-Hacohen, G., Grimshaw, E., & Reijven, M. H. (2024). Politicians at Night: Interaction and Discourse on the Entertainment-Political Interview. Lexington.
    • Reijven, M. H. (2024). "So I know how to do this": The prototypical argumentative pattern in U.S.A. presidential debates. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, 12(1), 89-110. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlac.00098.rei [details]
    • Reijven, M. H. (2024). Strategic Maneuvering with Speech Codes in a U.S. Presidential Debate. In G. Philipsen, & T. Hart (Eds.), Contending with Codes in a World of Difference: Transforming a Theory of Human Communication (pp. 177-195). (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies). Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. [details]
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    2023

    • Reijven, M. H. (2023). "Serving as an Example": Democracy as a Key Symbol in Obama's Presidential Speeches in Poland. In R. M. Townsend (Ed.), Beyond the Cold War. Presidential Rhetoric in Central and Eastern Europe (Peter Lang ed., pp. 249-270). Peter Lang.
    • Reijven, M. H., Durrani, A., & Dori-Hacohen, G. (2023). “And All of That”: The Long List in Political Discourse. Contrastive Pragmatics, 4(3), 466–492. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660393-bja10075 [details]
    • Tracy, K., & Reijven, M. H. (2023). Pursuing and resisting argumentative projects in Q&A sequences during a trial. Journal of Pragmatics, 215, 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.08.001 [details]

    2021

    • Grimshaw, E., & Reijven, M. H. (2021). “We Have a Big Crowd”: The Different Referents of the First-Person Plural in U.S. Presidential Candidates’ Talk on Entertainment-Political Interviews. In M. Kirner-Ludwig (Ed.), Fresh Perspectives on Major Issues in Pragmatics (pp. 61-81). (Routledge research on new waves in pragmatics). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003017462-4 [details]
    • Reijven, M. H. (2021). The co-construction of campaign argumentation on U.S.A. late-night talk shows. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 10(3), 397–417. https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.20006.rei [details]
    • Reijven, M. H., & Townsend, R. M. (2021). Communicative Competence and Local Theories of Argumentation: The Case of Academic Citational Practices. In D. Hample (Ed.), Local Theories of Argument (pp. 497-503). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003149026 [details]
    • Scharrer, E., Warren, S., Grimshaw, E., Kamau, G., Cho, S., Reijven, M., & Zhang, C. (2021). Disparaged dads? A content analysis of depictions of fathers in U.S. sitcoms over time. Psychology of Popular Media, 10(2), 275–287. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000289 [details]

    2020

    • Reijven, M. H., Cho, S., Ross, M., & Dori-Hacohen, G. (2020). Conspiracy, Religion, and the Public Sphere: The Discourses of Far-Right Counterpublics in the U.S. and South Korea. International Journal of Communication, 14, 5331–5350. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/13385 [details]
    • Reijven, M. H., Grimshaw, E., & Dori-Hacohen, G. (2020). “That’s Not Funny!” Identity and the organization of interaction on USA entertainment-political interviews. Discourse, Context & Media, 35, Article 100386. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2020.100386 [details]

    2024

    2023

    2020

    Prize / grant

    • Reijven, M. (2022). Dissertation of the Year Award of the Language and Social Interaction division at NCA.

    Talk / presentation

    • Reijven, M. (speaker) & Oswald, S. (speaker) (26-6-2024). "That can't be left to stand": The role of implicitness as a rhetorical strategy in U.S.A. presidential debates, 4th Argage Conference, Fribourg.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker), Jansen, E. (speaker), Prins, D. (speaker) & Silvis, N. (speaker) (22-6-2024). "I don't think you should ask a pyromaniac to extinguish a fire." The Interactional Uses of ik denk (I think) in Dutch election debates., 74th International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (18-4-2024). Emotion in argumentative discourse, Emotion in Reason, Poznan.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker), van Bijnen, E. (speaker) & Rock, J. (speaker) (24-1-2024). Retorica in Museums: Tekst, Ruimte, Beeld en Beleving als Overtuigende Middelen, VIOT 2024, Enschede.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker), Grimshaw, E. (speaker) & Dori-Hacohen, G. (speaker) (17-11-2023). Doing Soft Politics: Questions and responses to answers on Late Night Talk Shows interviews with politicians, 109th National Communication Association Conference, National Harbor.
    • Grimshaw, E. (speaker), Reijven, M. (speaker) & Dori-Hacohen, G. (speaker) (16-11-2023). "How real are you?": Candidates as Celebrities, 109th National Communication Association Conference, National Harbor.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (16-11-2023). De kunst van het overtuigen 2: Logos, ethos en pathos, Alfa-gammapartners.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (19-10-2023). De kunst van het overtuigen 1: Strategisch maneuvreren, Alfa-gammapartners.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (11-7-2023). “I will actually respond.” Balancing interactional and institutional demands in Dutch election debates., International Pragmatics Conference, Brussels.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker), Durrani, A. (speaker) & Dori-Hacohen, G. (speaker) (7-7-2023). Disagreeing about lists: Lists in argumentative discourse, ISSA conference 2023, Leiden.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) & Tracy, K. (speaker) (6-7-2023). Argument by emotion in a legal trial, ISSA conference 2023, Leiden.
    • van Bijnen, E. (speaker) & Reijven, M. (speaker) (6-7-2023). The argumentative structure of Pride Month advertisements, ISSA conference 2023, Leiden.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (22-6-2023). A Pragma-Dialectical Analysis of Accusations of Character Assassination, Character Assassination, Illiberalism, and the Erosion of Civic Rights, Amsterdam.
    • Tracy, K. (speaker) & Reijven, M. (speaker) (26-5-2023). Pursuing and Resisting Argumentative Projects in Q&A Sequences during a Trial, International Communication Association, Toronto.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker), Durrani, A. (speaker) & Dori-Hacohen, G. (speaker) (17-11-2022). “And all of that!” The long list in political discourse., National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
    • Grimshaw, E. (speaker), Reijven, M. (speaker) & Dori-Hacohen, G. (speaker) (17-11-2022). ‘Slow-Jam The News’ as an Entertainment-Political ritual., National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) & van Bijnen, E. (speaker) (19-10-2022). Strategic maneuvering with common ground in Dutch election debates, European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhuus.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker), Durrani, A. (speaker) & Dori-Hacohen, G. (speaker) (28-9-2022). Lists as an argumentative resource in political discourse, 4th European Conference on Argumentation, Rome.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (31-7-2022). The speech code underlying scientists’ participation in the public sphere, Community and Social Interaction Conference: Cultivating Communication Practices, Boulder.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (26-5-2022). “If you entrust me with the presidency, …” The deontics of campaign proposals in U.S.A. presidential debate discourse, 72nd International Communication Association Conference, Paris.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (18-11-2021). “It picks up on a point that’s already been made.” The role of the moderator in U.S. presidential debates., 107th National Communication Association Conference.
    • Reijven, M. (speaker) (6-8-2021). The social construction of facts as an interactional resource in U.S.A. presidential debates., American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.

    Others

    • Andone, C. (organiser), Doury, M. (organiser), Greco, S. (organiser), Hannken-Illjes, K. (organiser) & Reijven, M. (organiser) (5-6-2023 - 9-6-2023). Lorentz Workshop: Qualitative Research on Argumentation, Leiden (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2022

    • Reijven, M. H. (2022). “I want you to defend that!” The Argumentative Structure of U.S.A. Presidential Debates. [Thesis, fully external, University of Massachusetts Amherst].
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