Experimental Pragmatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Dan Sperber, Ira A. Noveck

      Pages 1-22

3. Pioneering Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Changing Ideas about Reference

      • Herbert H. Clark, Adrian Bangerter

      Pages 25-49

   3. Psycholinguistic Experiments and Linguistic-Pragmatics

      • Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.

      Pages 50-71

   4. On the Automaticity of Pragmatic Processes: a Modular Proposal

      • Sam Glucksberg

      Pages 72-93

   5. Reasoning, Judgement and Pragmatics

      • Guy Politzer

      Pages 94-115

   6. Exploring Quantifiers: Pragmatics Meets the Psychology of Comprehension

      • A. J. Sanford, Linda M. Moxey

      Pages 116-137

4. Current Issues in Experimental Pragmatics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Testing the Cognitive and Communicative Principles of Relevance

      • Jean-Baptiste Van der Henst, Dan Sperber

      Pages 141-171

   3. Contextual Strength: the Whens and Hows of Context Effects

      • Orna Peleg, Rachel Giora, Ofer Fein

      Pages 172-186

   4. Electrophysiology and Pragmatic Language Comprehension

      • Seana Coulson

      Pages 187-206

   5. Speech Acts in Children: the Example of Promises

      • Josie Bernicot, Virginie Laval

      Pages 207-227

   6. Reasoning and Pragmatics: the Case of Even-If

      • Simon J. Handley, Aidan Feeney

      Pages 228-253

5. The Case of Scalar Implicatures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255

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   2. Implicature, Relevance and Default Pragmatic Inference

      • Anne L. Bezuidenhout, Robin K. Morris

      Pages 257-282

   3. Semantic and Pragmatic Competence in Children’s and Adults’ Comprehension of Or

      • Gennaro Chierchia, Maria Teresa Guasti, Andrea Gualmini, Luisa Meroni, Stephen Crain, Francesca Foppolo

      Pages 283-300

   4. Pragmatic Inferences Related to Logical Terms

      • Ira A. Noveck

      Pages 301-321

   5. Conversational Implicatures: Nonce or Generalized?

      • Anne Reboul

      Pages 322-333

6. Back Matter

   Pages 334-348

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How do we understand what we are told, resolve ambiguities, appreciate metaphor and irony, and grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting new field in which models of language and meaning are tested and compared using techniques from psycholinguistics.

• communication
• electrophysiology
• experiment
• Index
• language
• linguistics
• pragmatics
• psycholinguistics
• quantifiers
• research
• semantic

Reviews of the hardback edition:

'If you want to understand how your knowledge of the world shapes your use of language and your grasp of its deepest significance, read this book. Experimental pragmatics began in the 1960's; forty years on, this book marks its coming of age. Its leading practitioners show that pragmatics is far from a peripheral topic but integral to the fundamental mechanisms of language. The chapters are accessible, and the book will provide the basis for an excellent course in experimental pragmatics.' - Professor P. N. Johnson-Laird, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USA

'Psycholinguists have been investigating the pragmatics of discourse since the early seventies; but it is only recently that linguists working in that area have felt the need to resort to psychological experiments to test their models. Experimental psychology and linguistic pragmatics interact also in the study of reasoning. A new field is emerging - experimental pragmatics - to which this book, the first of its kind, provides an exciting and most welcome introduction.' - Professor Francois Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, France

• Institut des Sciences Cognitives, France

  Ira A. Noveck

• Institut Jean Nicod, France

  Dan Sperber

ADRIAN BANGERTER Groupe de Psychologie Appliquée, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland JOSIE BERNICOT Laboratoire de Psychologie, Langage et Cognition, Université de Poitiers, France ANNE L. BEZUIDENHOUT Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA GENNARO CHIERCHIA, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy HERBERT H. CLARK Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA SEANA COULSON Cognitive Science Department, University of California San Diego, USA STEPHEN CRAIN Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, USA AIDAN FEENEY Department of Psychology, University of Durham, UK OFER FEIN Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel FRANCESCA FOPPOLO Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy RAYMOND W. GIBBS Jr. Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz, USA RACHEL GIORA Department of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, Israel SAM GLUCKSBERG Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USA ANDREA GUALMINI Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT,USA MARIA TERESA GUASTI Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy SIMON J. HANDLEY Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK VIRGINIE LAVAL Laboratoire de Psychologie, Langage et Cognition, Université de Poitiers, France LUISA MERONI Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, USA ROBIN K. MORRIS Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, USA LINDA MOXEY Department of Psychology, Universityof Glasgow, UK ORNA PELEG Department of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, Israel GUY POLITZER Laboratoire Cognition et Usages, CNRS, Université de Paris, France ANNE REBOUL Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon, France A.J. SANFORD Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK JEAN-BAPTISTE VAN DER HENST Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon, France

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