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Presuppositions and Cognitive Processes Understanding the Information Taken for Granted

This book breaks new ground towards an understanding of the mental processes involved in presupposition, the comprehension of information taken for granted. Various psycholinguistic experiments are discussed to support the idea that involved in ordinary language comprehension are complex and demandi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Domaneschi, Filippo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
Subjects:
Psycholinguistics
Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar
Linguistics
Philosophy Of Language
Language And Languages / Philosophy
Psycholinguistics And Cognitive Lingusitics
Cognitive Psychology
Pragmatics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Experimental Pragmatics
  • Chapter 2: Presuppositions
  • Chapter 3: Mental States and Presuppositions. An Experiment
  • Chapter 4: Processing Presupposition Triggers
  • Chapter 5: Processing Conditional and Unconditional Presuppositions
  • Chapter 6: The Cognitive Load Factor
  • Chapter 7: Conclusions

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