Toward a neuro-cognitive interpretation of ‘context’

Givón, T.

doi:10.1075/pc.9.2.02giv

Article published In: Pragmatics & Cognition
Vol. 9:2 (2001) ► pp.175–201

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Toward a neuro-cognitive interpretation of ‘context’

T. Givón | University of Oregon

Published online: 21 June 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.9.2.02giv

This paper undertakes to begin to perform the overdue task of de-objectivizing the key pragmatic notion of ‘context’. This notion will be re-interpreted in terms of mental models, which correspond to that portion of ‘reality’ that is relevant for information processing. For this purpose, a variety of examples of the role of ‘context’ in pragmatics will be re-interpreted in terms of notions and findings of neuro-cognitive psychology.

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