Experimental pragmatics
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Scalars
- 2.1Background
- 2.2How have experimentalists approached the processing question?
- 2.3The on-line processing of scalars: How do pragmatic readings emerge?
- 2.4At what point do mental states figure into scalar inferences?
- 3.Referring
- 3.1Referring and adjectival modification
- 3.2Referring and authorship
- 4.Metaphor
- 4.1The Standard Pragmatic Model
- 4.2The direct access view
- 4.3The Graded Salience Hypothesis
- 4.4Metaphor as viewed by Relevance Theory
- 5.Irony
- 5.1Echoic-mention theory
- 5.2Pretense Theory
- 5.3Irony as viewed by the psycholinguistic literature
- 5.4Reconciling theory and experimentation
- 6.Summary
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Notes
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