Contexto, conocimiento compartido y acomodación. A propósito de la interpretación de las tautologías

  1. Victoria Escandell-Vidal 1
  2. Elena Vilinbakhova 2
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
  2. 2 Saint Pertersburg State University, Rusia
Journal:
Boletín de filología: (Universidad de Chile)

ISSN: 0067-9674,  0718-9303

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 57

Issue: 1

Pages: 345-394

Type: Article

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Abstract

This paper explores the advantages of a dynamic notion of context in which not only shared knowledge, but also accommodation of assumptions has a central role. To this end, we analyze the interpretation of tautologies: according to the literature, their interpretation is based on prior knowledge. By contrast, our hypothesis is that shared knowledge is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the felicitous uses of a tautology. To support our view, we conducted a corpus study and an interpretation questionnaire with two experimental tasks. The results align with our predictions

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