Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language, and cognition.
Originally published: 2004.; Includes index.
Introduction / I. Noveck & D. Sperber -- Changing Ideas about Reference / H.H. Clark & A. Bangerter -- On the Automaticity of Pragmatic Processes: A Modular Proposal / S. Glucksberg -- Psycholinguistic Experiments and Linguistic Pragmatics / R.W. Gibbs Jr. -- Reasoning, Judgment and Pragmatics / G. Politzer -- Exploring Quantifiers: Pragmatics Meets the Psychology of Comprehension / A.J. Sanford & L. Moxey -- Testing the Cognitive and Communicative Principles of Relevance / J-B. Van der Henst & D. Sperber -- Contextual Strength: The Whens and Hows of Context Effects / O. Peleg, R. Giora & O. Fein -- Electrophysiology and Pragmatic Language Comprehension / S. Coulson -- Speech Acts in Children: The Example of Promises / J. Bernicot & V. Laval -- Reasoning and Pragmatics: The Case of Even If / S.J. Handley & A. Feeney -- Implicature, Relevance, and Default Pragmatic Inference / A.L. Bezuidenhout & R.K. Morris -- Semantic and Pragmatic Competence in Children's and Adults' Comprehension of 'or' / G. Chierchia, M.T. Guasti, A. Gualmini, L. Meroni, S. Crain & F. Foppolo -- Pragmatic Inferences Related to Logical Terms / I.A. Noveck -- Conversational Implicatures: Nonce or Generalized? / A. Reboul -- Index.
How does our knowledge of the language on one hand, and our knowledge of the world and of the context in which we converse, on the other hand, enable us to understand what we are told, to resolve ambiguities, to appreciate metaphor and irony, to recognise speech acts and to grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting newHow does our knowledge of the language on one hand, and our knowledge of the world and of the context in which we converse, on the other hand, enable us to understand what we are told, to resolve ambiguities, to appreciate metaphor and irony, to recognise speech acts and to grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting newHow does our knowledge of the language on one hand, and our knowledge of the world and of the context in which we converse, on the other hand, enable us to understand what we are told, to resolve ambiguities, to appreciate metaphor and irony, to recognise speech acts and to grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting new",,,,,,"How does our knowledge of the language on one hand, and our knowledge of the world and of the context in which we converse, on the other hand, enable us to understand what we are told, to resolve ambiguities, to appreciate metaphor and irony, to recognise speech acts and to grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting new field, in which models of language and meaning are tested and compared using techniques from psycholinguistics. All chapters are written to be accessible even to readers who may be less familiar with pragmatic theory or experimental methods. For students on advanced courses in linguistics, cognitive science, psychology and philosophy with an interest in meaning interactions in verbal communication.