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Lexical pragmatics and theory of mind : the acquisition of connectives /

The concept of theory of mind (ToM), a hot topic in cognitive psychology for the past twenty-five years, has gained increasing importance in the fields of linguistics and pragmatics. However, even though the relationship between ToM and verbal communication is now recognized, the extent, causality a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zufferey, Sandrine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 201.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Lexical Pragmatics and Theory of Mind; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of content; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The concept of theory of mind in pragmatics; 2. The co-acquisition of language and theory of mind; 3. Insights from autism on language and theory of mind; 4. Language as a window into children's developing theory of mind; 5. Discourse connectives and theory of mind; 6. Empirical study on the acquisition of the French connective parce que; 7. Empirical study on the acquisition of the French connective puisque; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.