Although H. P. Grice’s Cooperative Principle provides lovely guidelines for how to accomplish good communication, for writers, its real value lies in breaking it. We… Read More »Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
In the 1960s and 70s, linguist H. Paul Grice defined the Cooperative Principle to explain dynamics of conversation. Even though his work hinges on real-life… Read More »The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
We complete the barrier object series with our final entry: hedges and qualifiers. These rhetorical tidbits come in many forms. The terms “hedge” and “qualifier”… Read More »Hedges and Qualifiers | Liar, Liar
Our barrier object series continues with expanded verb structures. These come in a variety of forms. A Rundown of Verb Features In the simplest of… Read More »Expanded Verb Structures | Liar, Liar
The next offender in our sequence of barrier objects is a big one: filter verbs. Filter Verbs Defined She felt the cold November wind wafting… Read More »Filter Verbs | Liar, Liar
Continuing in our series of literary barrier objects, we delve into the boondoggle of excessive, expressive dialogue tags. The Basics A dialogue tag, as its… Read More »Excessive Expressive Dialogue Tags | Liar, Liar
Our exploration of literary Barrier Objects continues with overuse of the vocative case. Vocative (VOC): the grammatical case that marks the person or thing being… Read More »Overuse of the Vocative Case | Liar, Liar
The first barrier object on our list, 3rd Observational Point of View, falls into the domain of rhetorical structure. As discussed in an earlier post,… Read More »3rd Observational Point of View | Liar, Liar
This section of the Liar, Liar blog series explores Barrier Objects, a term that refers to a non-verbal cue for deception. “Non-verbal?” you might ask.… Read More »Barrier Objects: An Introduction | Liar, Liar
When we encounter the term “worldbuilding,” instinct points us to the fantasy genre. All fiction requires worldbuilding in one form or another, though. In the… Read More »Case Study: Austen vs. Heyer | Liar, Liar