The Manipulative Disguise of Truth : Tricks and Threats of Implicit Communication / Viviana Masia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masia, Viviana, author.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; Volume 322.

Pragmatics and Beyond New Series ; Volume 322

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Connotation (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Indirect discourse.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Manipulative behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]

Summary:

"Becoming effective hunters of manipulative communicative moves is far from an easy capacity to develop. This book aims at offering a guide to the most dangerous traps of deceptive language as triggered by implicit communication strategies such as presupposition, implicature, topicalization and vague expressions. A look at different contexts of language use highlights some of the most remarkable implications of using indirect speech and of how it affects the correct comprehension of a message. Within the remit of communication and pragmatics studies, this work marks an advancement in the direction of delving into the linguistic manifestations of manipulative discourse, its most common contexts of use and the educational paths that can be undertaken to master it in everyday interactions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Features and functions of implicitness in verbal communication

Quantitative and experimental approaches to implicit and manipulative communication

The manipulative evidentiality of implicit communication

Manipulation in news discourse : the function of presuppositions in the language of journalism

Manipulating translations

Teaching how to detect manipulative language.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1246677535