Intention, Common Ground and the Egocentric Speaker-hearer

by Kecskes, Istvan

• ISBN13: 9783110206067
• ISBN10: 3110206064
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Psychological explanations in Gricean pragmatics and Frege's legacy	p. 9
The place of intention in the interactional achievement of implicature	p. 45
Where is pragmatics in optimality theory?	p. 87
Intention, common ground and the availability of semantic content: a relevance-theoretic perspective	p. 105
The construction of epistemic space via causal connectives	p. 127
A new look at common ground: memory, egocentrism, and joint meaning	p. 151
A memory-based approach to common ground and audience design	p. 189
Common ground as a resource for social affiliation	p. 223
"Impeach or exorcise?" Or, what's in the (common) ground?	p. 255
Egocentric processes in communication and miscommunication	p. 277
List of contributors	p. 297
Index	p. 301
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