Reliability in Pragmatics
Author | : Eric S. McCready |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2015 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780198702849 |
ISBN-10 | : 0198702841 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reliability in Pragmatics by : Eric S. McCready
Download or read book Reliability in Pragmatics written by Eric S. McCready and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how observations about the past influence future behaviour, as expressed in language. Focusing on information gathered from speech and other evidence sources, the author offers a model of how judgements about reliability can be made, and how such judgements factor into how people treat information they acquire via those sources