Remarks on the cognitive base of pragmatic principles

The present paper aims at the exemplification of the applicability of plausibility analysis to linguistics. Starting from the criticism of Robinson (1997), the paper argues for two assumptions. Firstly, as opposed to a theory of distributed systems, it is a theory of plausible reasoning that is capa...

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Published in:Acta linguistica Hungarica 2005-01, Vol.52 (1), p.5-40
Main Authors: Kertesz, Andras, Rakosi, Csilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Argumentation
Cognition
Cognitive linguistics
Cognitive models
Implicature
Inference
Linguistics
Philosophy of Science
Pragmatics
Reasoning
Theoretical linguistics
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Summary:The present paper aims at the exemplification of the applicability of plausibility analysis to linguistics. Starting from the criticism of Robinson (1997), the paper argues for two assumptions. Firstly, as opposed to a theory of distributed systems, it is a theory of plausible reasoning that is capable of capturing basic methodological problems of theory formation in pragmatics (such as circularity, category error, the arbitrariness of interpretations of data and the objectification of the theorist's cultural and linguistic knowledge as principles of language behaviour). Secondly, the cognitive base of pragmatic principles is inferential and plausibilistic, rather than non-inferential and probabilistic.
ISSN:1216-8076
1588-2624
DOI:10.1556/ALing.52.2005.1.2