Publications

• Schumann, J. (2022). The pragmatics of straw man fallacies. An experimental approach (unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Bern, Switzerland. 

• Schumann, J. & Oswald, S. (2024). Pragmatic perspectives on disagreement [Special Issue]. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 12 (1), 1-16.

• Schumann, J. (2022). Do people perceive the disagreement in straw man fallacies? An experimental investigation. Languages 7(2), 111.

• Schumann, J. (2021). The linguistic formulation of fallacies matters: the case of causal connectives. Argumentation, 35, 361-388.

• Schumann, J. (2019). What makes a straw man acceptable? Three experiments assessing linguistic factors. Journal of Pragmatics, 141, 1-15.

• Schumann, J. & Zufferey, S. (2020). Connectives and straw men. Experimental approach on French and English. In: Proceedings of the 12th OSSA Conference: Evidence, Persuasion & Diversity, OSSA Conference Archive. University of Windsor, Canada.

• Horak, A. (ed.), Schumann, J. & Lüthy, S. (collab.) (2014-2015). L'hyperbole rhétorique. TRANEL, 61-62.

Allein, L., Schumann, J., Gajewska, E. & Pereira-Farina, M. (2023). Brave-hearting Language of Polarisation. In E. Gajewska, K. Budzynska, B. Konat & M. Koszowy (Eds.) Linguistically analysing polarisation on social media. Technical Report of the Workshop on Polarisation, 16 & 17 March 2023 in Radziejowice, organised by the Laboratory of the New Ethos, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

• Schumann, J. (2024). Does rephrasing in argumentation increase comprehension? An experimental approach. 4th Argumentation and Language Conference (ARGAGE 2024), University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. & Oswald, S. (2024). Experimentally assessing the role of rephrase loci on persuasiveness. 4th Argumentation and Language Conference (ARGAGE 2024), University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Younis, R., de Oliveira Fernandes, D., Schumann, J. & Oswald, S. (2024). Does reformulating using numbers increase persuasion? An experimental study. 4th Argumentation and Language Conference (ARGAGE 2024), University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Herman, T. & Schumann, J. (2024). Changing the speaker’s image. An experimental approach to ethos. 13th OSSA Conference, University of Windsor, Canada.

• Herman, T. & Schumann, J. (2023). An experimental approach to speaker ethos. X-Prag Switzerland Workshop, University of Fribourg.

• Kikteva, Z., Schumann, J., Hautli-Janisz, A. & Oswald, S. (2023). Incorporating cognitive evidence in a computational model for persuasiveness. 56th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europea, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

• Younis, R., Schumann, J., Herman, T., de Oliveira Fernandes, D. & Oswald, S. (2023). To what rhetorical effects? Experimental evidence on the rhetorical advantages of rephrasing. 56th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europea, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

• Lomelì Hernandez, J. A. & Schumann, J. (2023). Gender bias in argument evaluation. 10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

• Younis, R., Schumann, J., Herman, T., de Oliveira Fernandes, D. & Oswald, S. (2023). Casting light on the rhetorical effects of rephrase: An experimental study. 10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

• Younis, R., Schumann, J. & Oswald, S. (2022). AMoRe - An argumentative model of rephrase. Journée Suisse de la Linguistique 2022, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2022). Investigating the refutational dimension of straw man fallacies. An experimental approach to perceived disagreement. ECA 2022, University of Roma Tre, Italy.

• Schumann, J. (2022). From corpus to experiments and back. Insights on the experimental approach to rephrase. ECA 2022, University of Roma Tre, Italy.

• Schumann, J. (2022). Experimental methods in argumentation. AMoRe kick-off workshop. University of Technology Warsaw, Poland.

• Schumann, J. (2021). Investigating the perception of disagreement in straw man fallacies. XPrag.ch 2021: Pragmatics and its Interfaces, University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2021). Do people spot the disagreement in straw man fallacies? An experimental approach. ARGAGE 2021: Argumentation and Language, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2021). The pragmatics of straw men. An experimental investigation. IMAFUN kick-off workshop: Implicit meaning in argumentation, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2021). Le rôle des connecteurs pour l'acceptabilité de l'homme de paille. Combiner étude de corpus et approche expérimentale. CUSO-Workshop: Combining corpus and experimental data in linguistics, University of Lausanne & University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J., Zufferey, S. & Oswald, S. (2021). An experimental investigation of perceived disagreement in straw man fallacies. 17th International Pragmatics Conference, University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2021). The pragmatics of straw men. An experimental investigation. BeLing Forschungskolloquium, Centre for the Study of Language and Society, University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2020). The pragmatics of straw men. An experimental approach. CUSO-Workshop: Identifier et analyser l'argumentation dans les textes et les interactions, University of Lausanne & University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. & Zufferey, S. (2020). Empirical evidence for the role of connectives on the acceptability of the straw man fallacy. 53rd SLE Conference, University of Bucharest, Romania.

• Schumann, J. & Zufferey, S. (2020). Connectives and straw men. Experimental approach on French and English. 12th OSSA Conference, University of Windsor, Canada.

• Schumann, J. & Zufferey, S. (2019). The pragmatics of straw men. An experimental approach. XPrag.ch 2019, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J., Zufferey, S. & Oswald, S. (2019). Empirical evidence for the role of information structure and connectives on the acceptability of straw man fallacies. ECA 2019, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

• Schumann, J., Zufferey, S. & Oswald, S. (2018). What makes a straw man efficient? Three experiments assessing linguistic and cognitive factors. ARGAGE 2018, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2024). The role of causal connectives in straw men. A cross-linguistic perspective. Invited talk in the Kolloquium der Romanischen Linguistik, University of Cologne, Germany.

• Schumann, J. (2022). The Pragmatics of Straw Man Fallacies. An experimental Approach. Invited talk in the Master Seminar "A pragmatic approach to argumentative fallacies" of Steve Oswald, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2020). Les aspects pragmatiques de l'homme de paille. Une approche expérimentale. Invited talk in the seminar "Problèmes en pragmatique" de Louis de Saussure et Misha Müller, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2018). L'efficacité du straw man. Trois expériences sur des facteurs linguistiques et cognitifs. Talk in the Research Seminar of the French Language and Literature Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. (2019). The straw man fallacy. An experimental approach. Forum of the Graduate School of the Art and Humanities, University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Oswald, S., Schumann, J., de Oliveira Fernandes, D. & Younis (2024). 4th Argumentation and Language Conference (ARGAGE 2024), University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Schumann, J. & Oswald, S. (2023). Pragmatic phenomena in argumentation. Workshop at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europea, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

• Schumann, J. & Oswald, S. (2021). Perspectives on disagreement in argumentative context. Panel at the Conference of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 2021, University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland.

• Zufferey, S. & Schumann, J. (2018). Journée Suisse de la Linguistique, University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Bulliard, Laura (2024). A Gricean Analysis of Manipulation and Coercion: The Case of Raymond Reddington in The Blacklist [unpublished Master’s thesis]. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Franier, Mathilde (2024). Misunderstandings in Text Messages: A Study of the Role and Influence of Punctuation Marks and Emojis in Terms of Their Explicit and Implicit Dimensions [unpublished master’s thesis]. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• Lehmann, Andrea (2024), “It’s not what you said. It’s how you said it.” The Effect of Prosody and Context on the Comprehension of Insinuation [unpublished master’s thesis]. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.