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The Roles of Linguistic Meaning and Context in the Concept of Lying

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Title: The Roles of Linguistic Meaning and Context in the Concept of Lying
Language: English
Authors: Weissman, Benjamin
Source: ProQuest LLC. 2019Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 215
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Descriptors: Deception, Language Usage, Context Effect, Interpersonal Communication, Reaction Time, Semantics, Intention, Language Processing
Abstract: This dissertation adopts an experimental approach to studying lie judgments. It focuses on lie judgments to different types of meaning within a pragmatic framework -- namely bare linguistic meaning, explicature, and implicature -- to study whether the (in)directness of communicated false content affects the extent to which an utterance is judged as a lie. In addition, it manipulates several contextual factors -- namely the genre of discourse, pre-existing biases towards the speaker, the speaker's intention to deceive, and the stakes of the situation -- to investigate the extent to which these extralinguistic contextual factors affect lie judgments as well. Lastly, the project includes a reaction time experiment designed to investigate the mental representations of the categories of "lie" and "mislead" and how false explicatures and false implicatures are categorized. In exploring the variability in lie judgments, I gather evidence that support amendments to the discussion of lie judgments in the linguistic literature and additionally draw conclusions relevant to the broader discussion of frameworks of linguistic meaning. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Entry Date: 2022
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Accession Number: ED620931
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Abstract:This dissertation adopts an experimental approach to studying lie judgments. It focuses on lie judgments to different types of meaning within a pragmatic framework -- namely bare linguistic meaning, explicature, and implicature -- to study whether the (in)directness of communicated false content affects the extent to which an utterance is judged as a lie. In addition, it manipulates several contextual factors -- namely the genre of discourse, pre-existing biases towards the speaker, the speaker's intention to deceive, and the stakes of the situation -- to investigate the extent to which these extralinguistic contextual factors affect lie judgments as well. Lastly, the project includes a reaction time experiment designed to investigate the mental representations of the categories of "lie" and "mislead" and how false explicatures and false implicatures are categorized. In exploring the variability in lie judgments, I gather evidence that support amendments to the discussion of lie judgments in the linguistic literature and additionally draw conclusions relevant to the broader discussion of frameworks of linguistic meaning. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]