Lies we don't say
Figurative language, commitment, and deniability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3316692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseba Garmendia (0000-0002-5743-6396, University of the Basque Country, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 218 |
| Pages | 183-194 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pragmatics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-2166 • E-ISSN: 1879-1387 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.pragma.2023.11.003 |
| OpenAlex | W4388781747 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 34 |
A theory of lies should be able to explain, first, what makes lies special among the variety of deceptive uses of language and, second, why we don't consider figurative speakers to be lying even if they seem to be putting forward something they believe to be false. Here I contend that a commitment-based account can meet both aims without compromising with a too narrow conception of lies. The result is an approach that can accommodate the irregular results of experimental analysis, and that answers to the challenge posed by insincere implicatures in general, and lies via figurative language in particular
Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Lying · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Thoughts and Utterances
Commitment and communication
“I didn't mean to suggest anything like that!”
Irony is critical
She's (not) a fine friend
Highlights of Critical pragmatics
Cancelability and the primary/secondary meaning distinction
On commitment to untruthful implicatures
Intention to deceive, bald-faced lies, and deceptive implicature
Lying vs. misleading
On lying
Ironic implicature strength and the test of explicit cancellability
Lying, speech acts, and commitment
The folk concept of lying
Saying, presupposing and implicating
Lying and falsely implicating
On Grice and cancellation
The Spanish notion of Lie
Levels of interpretation
Prototype Semantics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |