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In:Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 195–216

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Cognitive science

Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.cog5
Article outline
  • 1.Definition
  • 2.History of contributing fields
    • 2.1Philosophy
    • 2.2Artificial intelligence
    • 2.3Psychology
    • 2.4Linguistics
    • 2.5Neuroscience
    • 2.6Current directions
  • 3.Methods
    • 3.1Methods for investigating behavior
      • 3.1.1Psychological experiments
      • 3.1.2Naturalistic observation and ethnography
      • 3.1.3Linguistic methodologies
      • 3.1.4Eye tracking
    • 3.2Neuroscience techniques
      • 3.2.1Neuropsychology and lesion studies
      • 3.2.2Brain imaging
      • 3.2.3Event-related potentials
    • 3.3Computational techniques
      • 3.3.1Computational modeling
      • 3.3.2Corpus research
  • 4.Issues
    • 4.1The mind–body problem
    • 4.2From genes to behavior
    • 4.3Representation and rationality
  • 5.Cognitive science and pragmatics
    • 5.1Definition
    • 5.2Methods
    • 5.3Issues
    • 5.4Convergent interests
      • 5.4.1World knowledge and cultural knowledge
      • 5.4.2Mappings
      • 5.4.3Conceptual integration
    • 5.5Conclusions
  • References
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