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OverviewHow do we understand what we are told, resolve ambiguities, appreciate metaphor and irony, and 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: I. Noveck , D. Sperber , Kent Bach , Anne BezuidenhoutPublisher: Palgrave USA Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781403903518ISBN 10: 1403903514 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 01 October 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsReviews of the hardback edition: 'If you want to understand how your knowledge of the world shapes your use of language and your grasp of its deepest significance, read this book. Experimental pragmatics began in the 1960's; forty years on, this book marks its coming of age. Its leading practitioners show that pragmatics is far from a peripheral topic but integral to the fundamental mechanisms of language. The chapters are accessible, and the book will provide the basis for an excellent course in experimental pragmatics.' - Professor P. N. Johnson-Laird, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USA 'Psycholinguists have been investigating the pragmatics of discourse since the early seventies; but it is only recently that linguists working in that area have felt the need to resort to psychological experiments to test their models. Experimental psychology and linguistic pragmatics interact also in the study of reasoning. A new field is emerging - experimental pragmatics - to which this book, the first of its kind, provides an exciting and most welcome introduction.' - Professor Francois Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, France Reviews of the hardback edition: 'If you want to understand how your knowledge of the world shapes your use of language and your grasp of its deepest significance, read this book. Experimental pragmatics began in the 1960's; forty years on, this book marks its coming of age. Its leading practitioners show that pragmatics is far from a peripheral topic but integral to the fundamental mechanisms of language. The chapters are accessible, and the book will provide the basis for an excellent course in experimental pragmatics.' - Professor P. N. Johnson-Laird, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USA 'Psycholinguists have been investigating the pragmatics of discourse since the early seventies; but it is only recently that linguists working in that area have felt the need to resort to psychological experiments to test their models. Experimental psychology and linguistic pragmatics interact also in the study of reasoning. A new field is emerging - experimental pragmatics - to which this book, the first of its kind, provides an exciting and most welcome introduction.' - Professor Francois Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, France Author InformationIRA A. NOVECK received his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from New York University, USA, in 1992. He has since held research or teaching positions in Paris, Minneapolis, Montreal and Grenoble. He is currently a full-time research scientist at the Institut des Sciences Cognitives in Lyon, France, where he heads a team focusing on the role of pragmatics in reasoning and comprehension DAN SPERBER is a Social and Cognitive Scientist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France. He is the author of Rethinking Symbolism (1975), On Anthropological Knowledg Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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