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Gazes, Words, and Silences in Pragmatics

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Authors:
  1. Paola Pennisi

    1. Dipartimento di Patologia Umana dell’Età Adulta e dell’Età Evolutiva, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy

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  • Covers childhood disorders that affect pragmatics, such as autism and congenital blindness
  • Essential for both philosophy of language and clinical pragmatics
  • Includes the consequences for silences that occur during speech acts

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology (PEPRPHPS, volume 36)

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This book describes the role of eye contact in human communication by investigating the relationship between the eye gaze and the development of language and pragmatic skills. The author reveals that although the need for eye contact is an innate human characteristic, neurodevelopmental disorders can have adverse outcomes and delays in language and pragmatic skills. A comparative approach compares childhood disorders that affect pragmatics in animal species that are phylogenetically related to humans with those species that are not. This text appeals to students and researchers working in pragmatics and the philosophy of language.



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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Communicative Eyes

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 5-16

  4. Emotional Tears: A Human Uniqueness

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 17-34

  5. Eyes, Gazes and Language

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 35-47

  6. What Does We Share with Other Animals?

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 49-72

  7. Why Gazes Are Not So Special

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 73-95

  8. My Body Decides What I Can Do

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 97-105

  9. Lateralization of Handedness and Language

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 107-134

  10. Conclusions

    • Paola Pennisi
    Pages 135-136
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Patologia Umana dell’Età Adulta e dell’Età Evolutiva, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Paola Pennisi

About the author

Dr.  Paola Pennisi is a researcher and professor of Philosophy of Language at the Department of Adult and Childhood Human Pathology and the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Messina. Her main research field is the linguistic and pragmatic profile in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has worked for the National Research Council as a research fellow expert in linguistic and cognitive processes for developing intersubjectivity and the social mind.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gazes, Words, and Silences in Pragmatics

  • Authors: Paola Pennisi

  • Series Title: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42571-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42570-7Published: 03 January 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42573-8Due: 16 January 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42571-4Published: 02 January 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2214-3807

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-3815

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 136

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language, Sociolinguistics, Philosophy of Mind

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