Truth and Lie in English Discourse

Kseniia Shengera 34923 21 December 2012 The concepts Truth and Lie in English discourse The question about Truth is one of the essential questions closely associated with the usage of language. The process of communication considers sincerity between the interlocutors, and that logically excludes not only evident lie, but also propositional. Thereby the studying of Lie (in general) is a direct subject of linguistic investigation, especially in situations, when Lie starts to be cultivated as an art. The social sphere extension of such concepts as Truth and Lie presents serious obstacles in the path to achievement of mutual understanding and cooperation between people. No wonder that these phenomena attract attention of philosophers, sociologists, political analysts, specialists in marketing, communication theory etc. With the concentration of linguistic attention on the investigation of human factor in language (Aratjunova N.D., Kubrjakova O.S., Gibbs R., Lakoff G., etc.) lie and deception occupy their place among objects of linguistic study (Bolinger D., Vaynrych H.). According to Bolinger, the truth is dependable on built-on common knowledge or “common sense” of the speaker and hearer; therefore it is no longer a linguistic question, but certainly a pragmatic . The linguist explains that it is the context, and not abstract sentences, that is important in an appropriate description of facts. More than that, it is necessary to mention that in Bolinger’s interpretation of the concept “context” it implies speaker’s intention to share his opinions and knowledge (543). On the assumption of mentioned conjecture, it stands to reason to treat truth and lie as concepts of cognitive linguistics. From the academic point of view, we can specify the following features of the concept: abstraction, sameness in understanding by representatives of the same cultural environment, who have the identical mentality. The concept is a product of

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