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Title Experimental pragmatics/semantics / edited by Jorg Meibauer, Markus Steinbach.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 240 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today ; v. 175
Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today ; v. 175.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Experimental Pragmatics/Semantics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; List of contributors; Introduction; The development of conversational competence in children with Specific Language Impairment; The impact of literal meaning on what-is-said; Discourse under control in ambiguous sentences; Pragmatic children; Adult response uniformity distinguishes semantics from pragmatics; Numerals and scalar implicatures; Meaning in the objects; Blocking modal enrichment (Tatsächlich); The hepatitis called ... ; The role of QUD and focus on the scalar implicature of most.
IndexThe series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
Summary In recent years, a lively debate ensued on an old issue, namely the proper distinction between semantics and pragmatics against the background of the classical Gricean distinction between 'what is said' and 'what is implicated'. From a linguist's point of view, however, there has always been a regrettable lack of empirical data in this otherwise sophisticated debate. Recently, a new strand of research emerged under the name of experimental pragmatics, the attempt to gain experimental data on pragmatic and semantic issues by using psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic methods. This volume brings.
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Subject Pragmatics.
Pragmatics.
Semantics.
Semantics.
Reference (Linguistics)
Reference (Linguistics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Meibauer, Jörg.
Steinbach, Markus.
Other Form: Print version: Experimental pragmatics/semantics. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027255587 (DLC) 2011000205 (OCoLC)695860285
ISBN 9789027287151 (electronic book)
9027287155 (electronic book)
9789027255587
902725558X