آلاء علي عبد الله العنبكي

Abstract

     Debate is characterized by dialogic and argumentative features, as it is a highly persuasive dialogue aimed at shaping opinions or convincing the audience. Therefore, it requires two parties actively interacting; without this interaction and engagement, the dialogue turns into a mere monologue, where the role of the addressee may be nullified or reduced to merely being a receiver. Debate is a consideration of two sides of an issue to demonstrate the correctness of a particular viewpoint. Therefore, it is suitable for use in the study of theology.

    From this perspective, the idea of the study emerged to examine doctrinal debate from an argumentative standpoint through focusing on one of the indirect linguistic acts, namely (interrogation) in its suggestive form; the suggestive strategy is one of the linguistic strategies through which the speaker expresses his communicative intentions, relying on the shared knowledge between him and the audience, as well as on the requirements and implications of the discourse, which involve reflection and interpretative activation in order to influence the audience and persuade them of what is presented.