The Pragmatics of Trusting (Artificial) Others

Editors

Kerstin Fischer | University of Southern Denmark

Bracha Nir | University of Haifa

[Pragmatics and Society, 17:5] Expected January 2027. ca. 160 pp.

Publishing status: In production

Table of Contents

This is a provisional table of contents, and subject to changes.

The pragmatics of trusting (artificial) others: Introduction to the special issue Kerstin Fischer and Bracha Nir	549–554
Building charisma and trust with prosodic constructions: The role of phrase-final pitch and tempo dynamics Oliver Niebuhr and Vered Silber-Varod	555–575
Optimizing trust beliefs through interactional framing: Effects of organizational reciprocity and visual embodiment on online self-disclosure Felix Nti Koranteng, Jaap Ham, Zhenyu Zhu and Jettie Hoonhout	576–598
Speakers’ responsibility for evidential claims: Believe me, I saw it! Mélinda Pozzi and Diana Mazzarella	599–620
Addressing trust and distrust in artificial intelligence in newspaper texts: A discourse linguistic investigation Monika Hanauska and Annette Leßmöllmann	621–644
Why overtrust in social robots is inevitable Kerstin Fischer	645–661
What AI pretends to be? Design rhetoric and trust in the appearances of AI applications Kenny K.N. Chow	662–682
Six guidelines for trustworthy, ethical and responsible automation design Matouš Jelínek, Nadine Schlicker and Ewart J. de Visser	683–705
Pragmatics-zombies: Trust and communication in the age of artificial intelligence Erez Firt and Bracha Nir	706–727
Theoretical and methodological perspectives on the interrelation of authenticity and trustworthiness in human‑agent interaction Glenda Hannibal and Astrid Weiss	728–751

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