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Publication details [#13270]

Parret, Herman, ed. 1994. Pretending to Communicate. (Foundations of communication and cognition). Walter de Gruyter. XV + 304 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
communication
ISBN
3-11-011-832-7

Annotation

The papers gathered in this volume are inspired by the leading idea that communication can be successful without being ideal, perfect and unproblematic. Within this framework they mainly focus on the notion "pretending to communicate".

Articles in this volume

Davis, Steven. Anti-Individualism, Responsibility, Deference and Dissembling. 3–16
Prandi, Michele. Meaning and Indexicality in Communication. 17–32
Moeschler, Jacques. How Do We Know that What We Mean is Understood? Hypothesis and Warranty of Uptake in Conversation. 33–47
Seymour, Michel. Pretending to Refer. 51–70
Dispaux, Gilbert. Pretending to Be Objective. 71–88
Dominicy, Marc. How Scientists Argue. Two Case Studies. 89–103
Giora, Rachel. On the Political Message: Pretending to Communicate. 104–123
Kapitzke, Cushla and Allan Luke. Pedagogy and Paradox: Teaching Interpretation in a Religious Community. 124–140
Fraser, Bruce. No Conversation without Misrepresentation. 143–153
Mey, Jacob L. Edifying Archie or: How to Fool the Reader. 154–172
Gu, Yueguo. Pragmatics and Rhetoric: A Collaborative Approach to Conversation. 173–195
McHoul, Alexander W. Con/versation. 196–211
Bolón Pedretti, Alma. NATIONAL, ETRANGER: Two Jammed Shifters. 212–219
Parret, Herman. Indirection, Manipulation and Seduction in Discourse. 223–238
Yamaguchi, Haruhiko. Unrepeatable Sentences: Contextual Influence on Speech and Thought Presentation. 239–252
Vincent Marrelli, Jocelyne. On Non-Serious Talk: Some Cross-Cultural Remarks on the (Un)importance of (not) Being Earnest. 253–275
Castelfranchi, Cristiano and Isabella Poggi. Lying as Pretending to Give Information. 276–291
Reboul, Anne. The Description of Lies in Speech Act Theory. 292

Reviewed by

Henry, Richard. 1996. Review of $Pretending to Communicate.