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Presuppositions and Cognitive Processes: Understanding the Information Taken for Granted
Filippo Domaneschi
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 179 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; HPK; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 255 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
This book breaks new ground towards an understanding of the mental processes involved in presupposition, the comprehension of information taken for granted. Various psycholinguistic experiments are discussed to support the idea that involved in ordinary language comprehension are complex and demanding cognitive processes. The author demonstrates that these processes exist not only at the explicit level of an utterance but also at a deeper level of computing, where the background information taken for granted as already known and shared between interlocutors is processed. The author shows that experimental research can suggest new theoretical models for presupposition, thus this book will ... Read more
This book breaks new ground towards an understanding of the mental processes involved in presupposition, the comprehension of information taken for granted. Various psycholinguistic experiments are discussed to support the idea that involved in ordinary language comprehension are complex and demanding cognitive processes. The author demonstrates that these processes exist not only at the explicit level of an utterance but also at a deeper level of computing, where the background information taken for granted as already known and shared between interlocutors is processed. The author shows that experimental research can suggest new theoretical models for presupposition, thus this book will ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition
Condition
New
Weight
350g
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137579416
SKU
V9781137579416
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About Filippo Domaneschi
Filippo Domaneschi is Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology of Language at the University of Genoa, Italy and he is director of the research project EXPRESS - Experimenting on presuppositions. He is author of various psycholinguistic papers in scientific journals, and he is author of Introduction to pragmatics (2014, tr. engl.), co-editor of What is said and what is not (2013) ... Read more
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