29.1746, Books: Cognitive Pragmatics: Mazzone

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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:32:21
From: Pablo Dominguez Andersen [pablo.dominguez at degruyter.com]
Subject: Cognitive Pragmatics: Mazzone

 


Title: Cognitive Pragmatics 
Subtitle: Mindreading, Inferences, Consciousness 
Series Title: Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP]  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/497191?format=G 


Author: Marco Mazzone

Hardback: ISBN:  9781501516122 Pages: 193 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

Cognitive pragmatics is a mature field of research, characterized by robust
theories and a growing amount of experimental work. In particular, Relevance
Theory has provided a rich framework for research in the field. However, this
theory makes a number of assumptions that are rooted in a modular view of
cognition. This book provides a detailed analysis of such assumptions, arguing
for an alternative model which has, however, some support in ideas explored by
relevance theorists. First of all, inferences are explained in terms of
associative pattern completion within associative networks, based on the
schematic organization of memory. This explanation is shown to apply to a
number of cognitive domains besides pragmatics, including mindreading.
Moreover, such a view is compatible with a general understanding of the
neurocomputational machinery of our cortex, suggesting a general argument to
the effect that modularity in its standard version cannot be right. Second,
the book argues for a crucial role of conscious attention in pragmatics as
well as in most cognitive processes. In the end, what is proposed is not only
a revision of Relevance Theory but also a fresh analysis of reasoning, which
vindicates some Gricean intuitions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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