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Pragmatic Inference: Misunderstandings, Accountability, Deniability offers a comprehensive analysis of how pragmatic principles govern our understanding of language in context. Chi-Hé Elder examines the inferential processes that allow speakers and listeners to derive meaning beyond literal utterances, while exploring how these mechanisms can lead to misunderstandings.
The work investigates the relationship between pragmatic inference and accountability, demonstrating how speakers strategically employ language to navigate responsibility and social expectations. Elder provides detailed insights into deniability as a pragmatic phenomenon, showing how communicative strategies allow speakers to maintain plausible distance from their utterances.
As part of the Elements in Pragmatics series, this volume synthesizes cutting-edge research in linguistic pragmatics with practical applications to everyday communication. It is essential reading for linguists, philosophers of language, and anyone interested in understanding the subtle dynamics of human interaction and meaning-making.
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