Experimental Pragmatics (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language, and Cognition)
by I. Noveck, D. Sperber
Category: Philosophy

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.