Gazes, Words, and Silences in Pragmatics

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-42573-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

Reihe: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology

This book describes the role of eye contact in human communication by investigating the relationship between the eye gaze and the development of language and pragmatic skills. The author reveals that although the need for eye contact is an innate human characteristic, neurodevelopmental disorders can have adverse outcomes and delays in language and pragmatic skills. A comparative approach compares childhood disorders that affect pragmatics in animal species that are phylogenetically related to humans with those species that are not. This text appeals to students and researchers working in pragmatics and the philosophy of language.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pennisi, Paola

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Eyes are the window of the soul.- Chapter 2. Gazing in newborns.- Chapter 3. Eyes and language.- Chapter 4. Eyes and pragmatics.- Chapter 5. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Paola Pennisi is a researcher and professor of Philosophy of Language at the Department of Adult and Childhood Human Pathology and the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Messina. Her main research field is the linguistic and pragmatic profile in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has worked for the National Research Council as a research fellow expert in linguistic and cognitive processes for developing intersubjectivity and the social mind.