Seminarraum VI der Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Karl-Rahner-Platz 3, 1. OG
Abstract zum Vortrag
In this talk, we will take a linguistic-pragmatic perspective tackling the phenomena of quoting, pseudo-quoting and fake-quoting, focusing on both forms and communicative functions. In line with my 2020 publication, I propose a definition of fake-quoting that takes into account what pragmaticists have argued to be characteristic of quoting on the one hand (cf. Bublitz 2015) and of plagiarizing and lying on the other hand (cf. e.g. Searle 1969; Sweetser 1987; Meibauer 2005). The framework of fake-quoting – which acknowledges fake-quotes’ creation, emergence, dissemination and audience uptakes – will be applied to a range of (lay-)political discourse samples collected from computer-mediated discourses. This is in line with findings suggesting that fake-quoting has become a phenomenon tightly connected with both lay-political discourse and fake news on platforms like X, which have been shown to facilitate a spread of misinformation and increasingly uncivil discussions between users of different political affiliations (cf. e.g. Terkourafi et al. 2018). In order to additionally bring in a linguistic-philosophical angle to this discussion, we will tend to the issue of Grice’s Cooperative Principle and to what extent it can be considered intact or levered out when it comes to acts of fake-quoting.
Biografie
Monika Kirner-Ludwig is University Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and research-affiliated with the University at Albany (SUNY, USA). She holds a venia docendi and a PhD in English Linguistics from the Universities of Innsbruck (2023) and Munich (2013). Her research interests and foci lie within Intercultural Pragmatics, the Pragmatics of Quoting, Humor Pragmatics and Telecinematic Stylistics. Recent publications include journal articles and chapters on (fake-)quoting in computer-mediated political dis-course (2020, 2022) and various other communities of practice (2018, 2020), the co-edited volume Telecinematic Stylistics (2020, Bloomsbury) and a handbook chapter on Formulaic humor in pop culture (2025, Mouton de Gruyter). She is co-editor of the Routledge book series 'New Waves in Pragmatics'.
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