Publications

Publication details [#1123]

Baskett, Glen D. and Roy O. Freedle. 1974. Aspects of language pragmatics and the social perception of lying. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 3 (2) : 117–131.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

belief | lying | social norm | suspicion | truthfulness

Journal WWW

www.kluweronline.com/

Annotation

Report of two experiments showing that the pragmatic aspect of degrees of belief which leads to acceptance or rejection of the information in verbal utterances is in some cases intimately related to certain social perceptions such as the arousal of suspicion that a 'lie' has been told.