Lying and Misleading within the Philosophy of Language: A Relevance-Theoretic Perspective

The aim of the paper is to examine the lying/misleading distinction from a relevance-theoretic perspective (cf. Sperber and Wilson [1986] 1995; 2004; Wilson and Sperber 2002; 2012). On standard accounts, the distinction is drawn parallel to the saying/implicating distinction. ‘What is said’, root...

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Main Author: Marta Kisielewska-Krysiuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of English Studies 2017-10-01
Series:Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/26-2-articles/Anglica_26-2_MKisielewska-Krysiuk_79-100.pdf