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LINGUISTIC STRATEGIES IN MISINFORMATION: A SEMANTIC-PRAGMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTING MANIPULATION IN MEDIA DISCOURSE

2025-08-27

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<p>This article develops a semantic-pragmatic analysis methodology for identifying linguistic manipulation strategies in media texts. Through the application of six mechanisms – implicature, presupposition, pragmatic inferences, modality, genericity, and nominalisation (AUSTIN, 1975; CARLSON, 2011; GRICE, 1975; HEUSINGER; MAIENBORN; PORTNER, 2011; SIMONS, 2005; SPERBER; WILSON, 1995; STALNAKER, 1973; VON FINTEL, 2...

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Literature Corpus work: c43f04fe-dd10-5c42-9616-9d4297ffba36
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/n4kts_v1

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