基本説明
言語理解・産出において最も重要な役割を果たすのは文字通りの意味ではなく認知的に際だった意味であり、同様に理解に影響を与えるコンテクストに先行する、と主張。
Explores how the salient meanings of words shape how we think and how we speak. Going beyond the familiar effects of literal meaning and context, the Graded Salience Hypothesis presents the most comprehensive explanation for how we use language for meaning.
Full Description
How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in metaphor, irony, and jokes. Rachel Giora has developed a novel and comprehensive theory, the Graded Salience Hypothesis, to explain figuative language comprehension. Giora contends that the salience of meanings (i.e., the cognitive priority we ascribe to words encoded in our mental lexicon) has the primary role in language comprehension and production.
Contents
1: Prologue
2: Salience and Context
3: Lexical Access
4: Irony
5: Metaphors and Idioms
6: Jokes
7: Innovation
8: Evidence from Other Research
9: Coda: Unaddressed Questions--Food for Future Thought
Notes
References
Author Index
General Index