Argument as the death of language?
Sometimes?

On the other hand, Rachel Corrie's statements in her emails from Palestine, as neither argument nor insistence meant to loudly silence argument.

Fatigue in Seattle.

Pound's repeated use of "wherever," "so-and-so," etc. in the midst of the most documentary Cantos--sign of the documentarian that makes these more interesting than they would otherwise be to someone who might not need to know quite this much about the Medici bank.