Fallacy of Improper Accent

Accent is the stress placed upon a word in a sentence or a syllable in a word. In Greek, the accent
was important for meaning because a written word with one spelling could have more than one
pronunciation and meaning, thus creating multiple words. They would be homographs (written
the same), but not homophones (sound the same).

Example 1:
Kenjo turned in his assignment on time today.
Therefore, Kenjo usually turns in his assignments late.

Without heavy stress on the last word, the statement simply means Kenjo was on time in
submitting his assignment. But if one would put heavy stress on the last word, it would support
the conclusion that Kenjo is always late submitting his assignments except today.

Example 2:
Why are you asking me about the Precious’ complaint? I resent her answer.

Depending on where the stressed in the word ‘resent’, the statement may mean the writer is
upset with the complaint and does not want to talk about it or that an answer to the complaint
had been sent out again and he is waiting for a reply.

Fallacy of Vicious Abstraction

“Vicious abstraction” is the term for a linguistic fallacy whereby some essential piece of
information is removed. Includes removal of a statement from its context, thereby changing the
meaning of an argument.

Example 1:
A video showing, Duterte in a speech narrating how it took him 5 hours to reach a mall from his
hotel while in Manila and had to pee in a bottle inside the car, in his joking tone said “Gusto
kong tawagan, ‘Pope putang ina ka, umuwi ka na. Wag ka na magbisita dito.”

News on television only showing the part where Duterte is saying:

‘Pope, putang ina ka, umuwi ka na. Wag ka na magbisita dito.’

Example 2:
Witness: