Chapter 1. Features and functions of implicitness in verbal communication

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Chapter 1
Features and functions of implicitness in verbal communication

Published online: 12 May 2021

Article outline

1.1Introduction
1.2Implicit communication: A working definition
1.3Manipulation in language
1.4The “design features” of implicit communication
- 1.4.1Presupposition
- 1.4.2Implicature
- 1.4.3Topicalization
- 1.4.4Vagueness
1.5Content commitment and discourse commitment
1.6Evolutionary perspectives
1.7Manipulation and persuasion
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