Lexical Pragmatics and Theory of Mind

The acquisition of connectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-272-5605-8
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 201, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 530 g

Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series

The concept of theory of mind (ToM), a hot topic in cognitive psychology for the past twenty-five years, has gained increasing importance in the fields of linguistics and pragmatics. However, even though the relationship between ToM and verbal communication is now recognized, the extent, causality and full implications of this connection remain mostly to be explored. This book presents a comprehensive discussion of the interface between language, communication, and theory of mind, and puts forward an innovative proposal regarding the role of discourse connectives for this interface. The proposed analysis of connectives is tested from the perspective of their acquisition, using empirical methods such as corpus analysis and controlled experiments, thus placing the study of connectives within the emerging framework of experimental pragmatics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zufferey, Sandrine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition