Intention, Common Ground and the Egocentric Speaker-Hearer

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-020606-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Reihe: Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP]

This book presents current research that discusses some of the major issues in pragmatics from new perspectives, and directs attention to aspects of fundamental tenets that have been investigated only to a limited extent.

Current pragmatic theories emphasize the importance of intention, cooperation, common ground, mutual knowledge, relevance, and commitment in executing communicative acts. However, recent research in cognitive psychology, linguistic pragmatics, and intercultural communication has raised questions that warrant some revision of these major tenets. Debates about the place of intention in pragmatics have indicated that Gricean intentions may play a less central role in communication than traditionally assumed. Cognitive psychologists pointed out that individual, egocentric endeavors of interlocutors play a much more decisive role in the initial stages of production and comprehension than current pragmatic theories envision. Some researchers criticized the Clark and Brennan's common ground model and Clark's contribution theory arguing that these approaches retain a communication-as-transfer-between-minds view of language, and treat intentions and goals as pre-existing psychological entities that are later somehow formulated in language. All these developments are addressed in the papers of the volume written by prominent scholars representing several disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students of Linguistics (Pragmatics, Cognitive Linguistics)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mey, Jacob

Kecskes, Istvan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Über Autor(innen)

Kecskes, Istvan
Istvan Kecskes, SUNY, Albany, USA

Mey, Jacob
Jacob Mey, University of Texas, Austin, USA and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.