6533b839fe1ef96bd12a6d4c

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Pragmatic evidence, context, and story design: an essay on recent developments in experimental pragmatics

Jörg Meibauer

subject

Linguistics and LanguageContext (language use)Experimental PragmaticsPsychologyLanguage and LinguisticsLinguisticsArgumentation theoryEpistemologyTest (assessment)

description

What is pragmatic evidence? In this contribution, I argue that pragmatic evidence basically is connected with pragmatic intuitions related to a context. The context usually is either given as a story, or is left to the imagination of a judge (a linguist, a reader, a test participant). It is shown that stories not only play an important role in pragmatic argumentation and analysis, but also with regard to story design in experimental settings.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2012.04.014