Experimental Pragmatics |
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| Editor:
| Noveck, Ira A.
Sperber, Dan |
| Author:
| Noveck, Ira |
| Series title: | Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Languages and Cognition Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4039-0350-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $214.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.