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pragmatics, relevance theory, experimental pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, cognition, deceptive discourse, spatial reference frames
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University of Fribourg: Fribourg, Freiburg, CH

2006-09-01 to present | Professor of English Linguistics (English)
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Didier Maillat

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Oxford: Oxford, GB

1999-09 to 2003-05 | Doctor in Philosophy (DPhil) (Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, GB

1997-09 to 1999 | Master in Philosophy (MPhil) (Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics)
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University of Lausanne: Lausanne, CH

1989-09 to 1994-07 | Licence (Sections de Français, Anglais et Histoire)
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Works (17)

Manipulation in exceptional times

2024-01-17 | Book chapter
Contributors: Didier Maillat; Steve Oswald
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On the manifestness of assumptions

Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
2023-09-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Didier Maillat
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Strength is relevant: experimental evidence of strength as a marker of commitment

Frontiers in Communication
2023-07-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-900X
Contributors: Kira Boulat; Didier Maillat
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Getting your inferences in order: Limiting variability in pragmatic inferences

Journal of Pragmatics
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Didier Maillat
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The Argument and the Honey Pot: A pragmatic account of fallacies of seduction

Journal of Argumentation in Context
2020-05-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2211-4742
Part of ISSN: 2211-4750
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Les manipulations du discours de séduction : éclairage pragmatique

E-rea
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1638-1718
Contributors: Didier MAILLAT
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She said you said i saw it with my own eyes: A pragmatic account of commitment

Formal Models in the Study of Language: Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts
2017 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85034249976

Contributors: Boulat, K.; Maillat, D.
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Relevance Theory

The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy
2016-10 | Other
Contributors: Didier Maillat
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Pragmatic processes through the lifespan in L2

Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquee
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84946193727

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10232044

Contributors: Bugayong, L.K.; Maillat, D.
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Biases and constraints in communication: Argumentation, persuasion and manipulation

Journal of Pragmatics
2013-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0378-2166
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Constraining context selection: On the pragmatic inevitability of manipulation

Journal of Pragmatics
2013-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0378-2166
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2. Pragmatically disambiguating space

2012-07-24 | Book chapter
Contributors: Didier Maillat
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Immersion education and cognitive strategies: Can the obstacle be the advantage in a multilingual society?

International Journal of Multilingualism
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77950701191

Part of ISBN:

14790718

Contributors: Maillat, D.; Serra, C.
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"Broadcast yourself!" The future of broadcast english in an IT Age

AAA - Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-61049425023

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01715410

Contributors: Maillat, D.
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Towards a universal DRT model for the interpretation of directional PPs within a reference frame

2003-03-20 | Book chapter
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25. Deceptive and uncooperative verbal communication

Verbal Communication
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Contributors: Steve Oswald; Didier Maillat; Louis de Saussure
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Manipulation et cognition: un modèle pragmatique: Didier Maillat

Rhétorique et cognition - Rhetoric and Cognition
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