Experimental Pragmatics

How does our knowledge of the language on the one hand and of the context onthe other permit us to understand what we are told to resolve ambiguities tograsp bo... » 

How does our knowledge of the language on the one hand and of the context onthe other permit us to understand what we are told to resolve ambiguities tograsp both explicit and implicit content to appreciate metaphor and irony?These issues have been studied in two disciplines linguistic pragmatics andpsycholinguistics with only limited interactions between the two. This volumelays down the basis for a new field Experimental Pragmatics. Contributionsreview pioneering work and present novel ways of articulating theories andexperimental methods in the area. «