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The Praxis of Indirect Reports

Cognitive, Sociopragmatic, and Philosophical Issues

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the philosophical points in indirect reporting
  • Deals with key concepts and covers neglected issues such as politeness and trust.
  • Contributes to a general theory of pragmatics as well as to a theory of indirect reporting
  • Is unique in introducing principles of commitment and immunity to the study of indirect reporting

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology (PEPRPHPS, volume 21)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Preliminaries

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 1-19
  3. Sociocognitive vs. Structural Issues

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 21-47
  4. Philosophical Considerations

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 49-79
  5. Direct and Indirect Reports

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 81-95
  6. Indirect Reports and Translation

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 97-117
  7. Principles Governing Indirect Reports

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 119-135
  8. Politeness in Indirect Reporting

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 137-158
  9. Trust and Indirect Reports

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 159-172
  10. Reported Speech in Persian

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 173-196
  11. Conclusion and Future Concerns

    • Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
    Pages 197-200

About this book

This book discusses the concept of indirect reporting in relation to sociopragmatic, philosophical, and cognitive factors. In addition, it deals with several state-of-the-art topics with regard to indirect reports, such as trust, politeness, refinery and photosynthetic processes and cognitive features. The book presents socio-cognitive accounts of indirect reports that take into consideration Grice’s Cooperation Principle and Sperber and Wilson’s Relevance Theory. It discusses direct and indirect reports and their similarities and differences, with a focus on the neglected role of the hearer in indirect reports. It presents an extensive comparison of translation and indirect reports (with a detailed discussion on reporting/translating slurring), and examines politeness issues and the role of trust. It deals with the main principles governing the use and interpretation of indirect reports (among them, the Principle of Commitment and the Principle of Immunity). Finally, the book discusses the idea of ‘common core’ and cross-cultural studies in reported speech and illustrates by means of an analysis of Persian reported speech, how subjectivity and uncertainty are presented among Persian speakers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

    Mostafa Morady Moghaddam

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Praxis of Indirect Reports

  • Book Subtitle: Cognitive, Sociopragmatic, and Philosophical Issues

  • Authors: Mostafa Morady Moghaddam

  • Series Title: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14269-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14268-1Published: 21 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14271-1Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14269-8Published: 11 June 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2214-3807

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-3815

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 200

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Cognitive Linguistics, Semantics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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