Explorations in pragmatics : linguistic, cognitive and intercultural aspects / edited by Istvan Kecskes, Laurence R. Horn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kecskés, István.

Horn, Laurence R.

Series:

Mouton series in pragmatics ; 1.

Mouton series in pragmatics ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

vi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2007]

Summary:

This collection of papers embodies the dynamism and diversity of the field of pragmatics. Its authors represent ten different countries and exemplify research across all aspects of pragmatics, along with the interrelations between pragmatics proper and such neighboring disciplines as cognitive psychology, philosophy of language, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and communication. Recent theoretical and empirical advances in these fields have motivated scholars to reexamine and revise some of the central tenets of pragmatics, and it is this reexamination which lies at the heart of the papers in this volume.

MSP is a timely response to the growing demand for innovative and authoritative monographs and edited volumes from all angles of pragmatics. Recent theoretical work on the semantics/pragmatics interface, applications of evolutionary biology to the study of language, and empirical work within cognitive and developmental psychology and intercultural communication has directed attention to issues that warrant reexamination, as well as revision of some of the central tenets and claims of the field of pragmatics. The series welcomes proposals that reflect this endeavor and exploration within the discipline and neighboring fields such as linguistic philosophy, communication, information science, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition and cognitive science. MSP will provide a forum for authors who represent different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and intercultural paradigms, and have important and intriguing ideas and research findings to share with scholars who are interested in linguistics in general and pragmatics in particular.

Contents:

Part I Philosophical and Linguistic Aspects

What is language: Some preliminary remarks / John R. Searle 7

Toward a Fregean pragmatics: Voraussetzung, Nebengedanke, Andeutung / Laurence R. Horn 39

Part II Cognitive Aspects

The role of explicature in communication and in intercultural communication / Jacques Moeschler 73

Illocutionary constructions: Cognitive motivation and linguistic realization / Francisco Jose Ruiz de Mendoza, Annalisa Baicchi 95

"A good Arab is not a dead Arab - a racist incitement": On the accessibility of negated concepts / Rachel Giora 129

Part III Intercultural Aspects

Developing pragmatics interculturally / Jacob L. Mey 165

Formulaic language in English Lingua Franca / Istvan Kecskes 191

Language evolution, pragmatic inference, and the use of English as a lingua franca / Peter Grundy 219

On non-reductionalist intercultural pragmatics and methodological procedure / Gitte Kristiansen, Dirk Geeraerts 257

From downgrading to (over) intensifying: a pragmatic study in English and French / Helene Margerie 287

Toward a universal notion of face for a universal notion of cooperation / Marina Terkourafi 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110193664

3110193663

OCLC:

124039133