Reliability in pragmatics

This book considers how observations about the past influence future behaviour, as expressed in language. Focusing on information gathered from speech and other evidence sources, the author offers a model of how judgements about reliability can be made, and how such judgements factor into how people...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
McCready, Elin
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zusammenfassung:
This book considers how observations about the past influence future behaviour, as expressed in language. Focusing on information gathered from speech and other evidence sources, the author offers a model of how judgements about reliability can be made, and how such judgements factor into how people treat information they acquire via those sources.
Umfang:
1 online resource.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics Reliability in pragmatics
ISBN:
9780191772399
0191772399
Schlagworte:
Pragmatics.
Conversation analysis.
Semantics.
Hedge (Linguistics)
Languages & Literatures
Philology & Linguistics
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