Intention, Common Ground and the Egocentric Speaker-Hearer / / ed. by Istvan Kecskes, Jacob Mey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Assimakopoulos, Stavros,; Colston, Herbert L.,; Enfield, Nicholas J.,; González, Montserrat,; Haugh, Michael,; Horton, William S.,; Jaszczolt, Katarzyna M.,; Kecskes, Istvan,; Keysar, Boaz,; Mey, Jacob L.,; Ribas, Montserrat,; Zeevat, Henk,
• HerausgeberIn: Kecskes, Istvan,; Mey, Jacob,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] , 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

This book presents current research that discusses some of the major issues in pragmatics from new perspectives, and directs attention to aspects of fundamental tenets that have been investigated only to a limited extent. Current pragmatic theories emphasize the importance of intention, cooperation,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Intention and meaning
• Psychological explanations in Gricean pragmatics
• and Frege’s legacy
• The place of intention in the interactional
• achievement of implicature
• Where is pragmatics in optimality theory?
• Intention, common ground, and the availability of
• semantic content: a relevance-theoretic perspective
• The construction of epistemic space via causal
• connectives
• Common ground and egocentrism
• A new look at common ground: memory, egocentrism,
• and joint meaning
• A memory-based approach to common ground and
• audience design
• Common ground as a resource for social
• affiliation
• “Impeach or exorcise?” Or, what’s in the (common)
• round?
• Egocentric processes in communication and
• miscommunication
• Backmatter