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| Discourse Analysis | 1 |
| Interpersonal Communication | 1 |
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| Discourse Processes | 1 |
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| Walton, Marsha D. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWalton, Marsha D. – Discourse Processes, 1998
Contributes to research on speech acts, power, and the negotiation of shared meanings. Argues that a primary off-record purpose of ostensible lies and of ostensible speech acts in general is to assert or affirm a status or power difference between speaker and addressee. Shows how ostensible lies are speech acts that flout the rules governing the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Lying
