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The Manipulative Disguise of Truth: Tricks and threats of implicit communication
Viviana Masia
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 322] 2021
► pp. 5–38

Chapter 1
Features and functions of implicitness in verbal communication

Article outline
  • 1.1Introduction
  • 1.2Implicit communication: A working definition
  • 1.3Manipulation in language
  • 1.4The “design features” of implicit communication
    • 1.4.1Presupposition
    • 1.4.2Implicature
    • 1.4.3Topicalization
    • 1.4.4Vagueness
  • 1.5Content commitment and discourse commitment
  • 1.6Evolutionary perspectives
  • 1.7Manipulation and persuasion
  • Notes