“An Infinite and Endless Liar”: Paroles as a Case Study of the Pragmatics of Lying in Shakespeare

Lying is part of our life and part of our literary canon, the choice to lie, not lie or almost lie is both a moral and linguistic one. In the present paper lying, and related concepts such as deliberate obfuscation and deceptive implicatures, will be examined from a pragmatic, specifically neo-Grice...

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Main Author: Aoife Beville
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urbino University Press 2021-11-01
Series:Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne
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Online Access:https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/2440