Lexical pragmatics and theory of mind : the acquisition of connectives /
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| Author / Creator: | Zufferey, Sandrine. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 201 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 201. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11285363 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027256058 9027256055 9027287570 9789027287571 1282774999 9781282774995 9786612774997 6612774991 |