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Reliability in Pragmatics

By Mccready

Reliability in Pragmatics

By Mccready

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This book is an exploration of how knowledge about the reliability of information sources manifests itself in linguistic phenomena and use. It focuses on cooperation in language use and on how considerations of reliability influence what is done with the information acquired through language. E. McCready provides a detailed account of the phenomena of hedging and evidentiality and analyses them using tools from game theory, dynamic semantics, and formal epistemology.Hedging is argued to be a mechanism used by speakers to protect their reputations for cooperativity from damage inflicted by infelicitous discourse moves. The pragmatics of evidential use is also discussed in terms of the histories of interaction that influence reputation: the author argues thatpast experience with the evidence source indexed by the evidential determines how the process of adding information will proceed.
The book makes many new connections between seemingly disparate aspects of linguistic meaning and practice. It will be of interest to specialists in semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language, as well as those in the fields of philosophy and cognitive science with an interest in language and epistemology.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2015-02-04
Publication Date:
2007-07-20
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198702833
ISBN13:
9780198702832
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
770 g
Height:
183 cm
Width:
260 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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