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Title

Intention, common ground and the egocentric speaker-hearer / edited by Istvan Kecskes and Jacob Mey.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.

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Additional Authors

• Kecskés, István
• Mey, Jacob.

Description

vi, 304 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"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, and relevance 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. These developments are addressed in the papers of the volume written by prominent scholars representing several disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Mouton series in pragmatics ; 4

Uniform Title

Mouton series in pragmatics ; 4.

Subject

• Pragmatics
• Intention (Logic)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Istvan Kecskes and Jacob L. Mey -- Psychological explanations in Gricean pragmatics and Frege's legacy / Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt -- The place of intention in the interactional achievement of implicature / Michael Haugh -- Where is pragmatics in optimality theory? / Henk Zeevat -- Intention, common ground and the availability of semantic content: a relevance-theoretic perspective / Stavros Assimakopoulos -- The construction of epistemic space via causal connectives / Montserrat Gonzalez and Montserrat Ribas -- A new look at common ground: memory, egocentrism, and joint meaning / Herbert L. Colston -- A memory-based approach to common ground and audience design / William S. Horton -- Common ground as a resource for social affiliation / Nicholas J. Enfield -- "Impeach or exorcise?" Or, what's in the (common) ground? / Jacob L. Mey -- Egocentric processes in communication and miscommunication / Boaz Keysar.

ISBN

• 9783110206067 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 3110206064 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC

232536690

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library