Date: 03-Sep-2008 From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com> Subject: Intention, Common Ground and the Egocentric Speaker-Hearer: Kecskes, Mey (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Intention, Common Ground and the Egocentric Speaker-Hearer
Series Title: Mouton Series in Pragmatics 4
Published: 2008
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.mouton-publishers.com
Editor: Istvan Kecskes
Editor: Jacob L. Mey
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110206067 Pages: 304 Price: Europe EURO 98.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110206067 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ 157.00 Comment: For orders placed in North America only.
Abstract:
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, relevance, and commitment 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. Debates about the place of intention in pragmatics have indicated that Gricean intentions may play a less central role in communication than traditionally assumed. Cognitive psychologists pointed out that individual, egocentric endeavors of interlocutors play a much more decisive role in the initial stages of production and comprehension than current pragmatic theories envision. Some researchers criticized the Clark and Brennan's common ground model and Clark's contribution theory arguing that these approaches retain a communication-as-transfer-between-minds view of language, and treat intentions and goals as pre-existing psychological entities that are later somehow formulated in language. All these developments are addressed in the papers of the volume written by prominent scholars representing several disciplines.
Linguistic Field(s):
Linguistic Theories
Pragmatics
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