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Publication details [#6767]

Mey, Marc De. 1977. The cognitive viewpoint: Its development and its scope. Communication and Cognition 10 (2) : 7–23.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehension | presupposition

Annotation

Four stages are distinguished in perception and language understanding: a monadic, structural, contextual, and cognitive or epistemic stage. The central concept used to describe the contextual stage in language understanding is 'presupposition'.

Reprints

Mey, Marc De, Rik Pinxten, M.A. Poriau and Fernand J. Vandamme. 1977. In Mey, Marc De, Rik Pinxten, M.A. Poriau and Fernand J. Vandamme, eds. CC 77: International workshop on the cognitive viewpoint, University of Ghent, 24-26 III 77. Communication and Cognition. pp. xvi–xxxii.