Abstract
On the whole, research into the various aspects of natural language and language use is characterized by a lack of unity and coherence (see e.g. Verschueren, 1987; Castelfranchi & Poggi, 1987; Nuyts, 1987; Nuyts, 1992). Nuyts (1992:3-4) describes the current situation in language research in rather negative terms:
Highlights
On the whole, research into the various aspects of natural language and language use is characterized by a lack of unity and coherence. Nuyts (1992:3-4) describes the current situation in language research in rather negative terms:"At present, one can hardly speak of a coherent 'science of language'
Hypotheses about the mental skills and abilities underlying utterance interpretation developed within linguistic pragmatics fit in with, and are supported by, theoretical assumptions and empirical findings on the mental skills and abilities underlying reading comprehension
Viewed from a different perspective, the claims made by linguistic pragmatic theories about the mental systems involved in utterance interpretation can provide principled explanations for some of the findings of reading comprehension research
Summary
Research into the various aspects of natural language and language use is characterized by a lack of unity and coherence (see e.g. Verschueren, 1987; Castelfranchi & Poggi, 1987; Nuyts, 1987; Nuyts, 1992). Nuyts (1992:3-4) describes the current situation in language research in rather negative terms:. The relationship between reading comprehension research and linguistic pragmatics is no different from that typical within language research The former is concerned with the mental skills and abilities involved in the interpretation of written utterances, or texts. See for example (Morgan & Green, 1980) for an attempt by pragmaticists to link up Grice's ideas with reading comprehension, and (Oakhill & Gamham, 1988:31-32) for a similar attempt by reading comprehension researchers Despite their mutual isolation, there is a remarkable degree of convergence between recent work in reading comprehension research and recent work in linguistic pragmatics. There is a remarkable degree of convergence between recent work in reading comprehension research and recent work in linguistic pragmatics This convergence relates to the mental entities which are assumed in the two fields to underlie reading comprehension and utterance interpretation, respectively. On the linguistic pragmatic side, the focus is on the hypothesis that utterance interpretation is to a significant extent regulated by general-purpose cognitive principles
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