Experimental pragmatics :: the making of a cognitive science /

Explains the phenomena, theoretical debates, experiments and historical development of experimental pragmatics, which investigates how utterances communicate a speaker's intended meaning.

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Main Author: Noveck, Ira A., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Explains the phenomena, theoretical debates, experiments and historical development of experimental pragmatics, which investigates how utterances communicate a speaker's intended meaning.
"How does a listener understand a sarcastic 'That was a wonderful speech' when the words point to a positive review? Why do students of introductory logic interpret 'Some cabs are yellow' as 'Not all cabs are yellow' when the meaning of 'some' is compatible with 'all'? Pragmatics aims to explain how listeners draw out a speaker's meaning from utterances, an astonishing feat when one considers that the words in a sentence hardly suffice for fully comprehending what the speaker intended. Given the nature of pragmatics, it is going to take the interdisciplinary firepower of many cognitive sciences -- including philosophy, experimental psychology, linguistics and neuroscience -- to fully appreciate this uniquely human ability."--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108646932
110864693X
9781316027073
1316027074
9781107446885
1107446880

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