TY - GEN ID - cogprints125 UR - http://cogprints.org/125/ A1 - Stemmer, Brigitte Y1 - 1999/// N2 - The introduction to the special issue briefly discusses the origins and development of the word "pragmatics", pragmatic theory and its application to neurolinguistics. The special issue covers a total of 11 articles investigating pragmatic and neuropragmatic issues from different theoretical, experimental and clinical perspectives. KW - neuropragmatics KW - pragmatics KW - neurolinguistics KW - RHD KW - developmental pragmatics KW - aphasia KW - pragmatic impairments KW - pragmatic assessment KW - communicative competence KW - architecture of mind KW - right hemisphere KW - localizationof functions KW - inferences KW - speech acts KW - indirect requests KW - metaphors TI - Introduction SP - 389 AV - public EP - 391 ER -