As a reflection of prominent cultural norms, children's literature plays an integral role in the
acquisition and development of societal attitudes. Previous reports of male …

In this paper, I develop a speech-act based account of presumptions. Using a score-keeping
model of illocutionary games, I argue that presumptions construed as speech acts can be …

The paper develops a score-keeping model of illocutionary games and uses it to account for
mechanisms responsible for creating institutional facts construed as rights and commitments …

In this editorial, I give a brief review of the relationship between pragmatics and
argumentation, and, in particular, of the importance of pragmatic concepts in theoretical …

My aim in this paper is to contribute to the debate on the foundations of semantics and
pragmatics by developing an Austinian alternative to the Gricean programme. The Gricean …

The aim of this paper is to reformulate the Linguistic Underdeterminacy Thesis by making
use of Austin's theory of speech acts. Viewed from the post-Gricean perspective, linguistic …

Conspiracy theories are powerful narratives that can decisively shape people's
understandings of the world. Despite a long-standing scholarly interest, however, they have …

The thesis of the paper holds that some future developments of argumentation theory may
be inspired by the rich logico-methodological legacy of the Lvov–Warsaw School (LWS), the …

In the US run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the pro-war US–British opinion press
adopted a 'subservient'role by religiously endorsing the US official perspective about the …

Building on our diverse research traditions in the study of reasoning, language and
communication, the Polish School of Argumentation integrates various disciplines and …