Experimental Pragmatics

How do we understand what we are told, resolve ambiguities, appreciate metaphor and irony, and grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting new field in which models of language and meaning are tested and compared using techniques from psycholinguistics.

ADRIAN BANGERTER Groupe de Psychologie Appliquee, Universite de Neuchatel, SwitzerlandJOSIE BERNICOT Laboratoire de Psychologie, Langage et Cognition, Universite de Poitiers, FranceANNE L. BEZUIDENHOUT Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USAGENNARO CHIERCHIA, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, ItalyHERBERT H. CLARK Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USASEANA COULSON Cognitive Science Department, University of California San Diego, USASTEPHEN CRAIN Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, USAAIDAN FEENEY Department of Psychology, University of Durham, UKOFER FEIN Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, IsraelFRANCESCA FOPPOLO Universita di Milano-Bicocca, Italy RAYMOND W. GIBBS Jr. Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz, USARACHEL GIORA Department of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, IsraelSAM GLUCKSBERG Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USAANDREA GUALMINI Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT,USAMARIA TERESA GUASTI Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, ItalySIMON J. HANDLEY Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UKVIRGINIE LAVAL Laboratoire de Psychologie, Langage et Cognition, Universite de Poitiers, FranceLUISA MERONI Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, USAROBIN K. MORRIS Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, USALINDA MOXEY Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, UKORNA PELEG Department of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, IsraelGUY POLITZER Laboratoire Cognition et Usages, CNRS, Universite de Paris, FranceANNE REBOUL Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon, FranceA.J. SANFORD Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, UKJEAN-BAPTISTE VAN DER HENST Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon, France