?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Pragmatics%2C+Modularity+and+Mind-reading+(To+appear+in+Mind+and+Language)&rft.creator=Sperber%2C+Dan&rft.creator=Wilson%2C+Deirdre&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.description=The+central+problem+for+pragmatics+is+that+sentence+meaning+vastly+underdetermines+speaker%C2%92s+meaning.+The+goal+of+pragmatics+is+to+explain+how+the+gap+between+sentence+meaning+and+speaker%C2%92s+meaning+is+bridged.+This+paper+defends+the+broadly+Gricean+view+that+pragmatic+interpretation+is+ultimately+an+exercise+in+mind-reading%2C+involving+the+inferential+attribution+of+intentions.+We+argue%2C+however%2C+that+the+interpretation+process+does+not+simply+consist+in+applying+general+mind-reading+abilities+to+a+particular+(communicative)+domain.+Rather%2C+it+involves+a+dedicated+comprehension+module%2C+with+its+own+special+principles+and+mechanisms.+We+show+how+such+a+metacommunicative+module+might+have+evolved%2C+and+what+principles+and+mechanisms+it+might+contain.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2032%2F1%2Fpragmatics-modularity-and-mindreading.htm&rft.identifier=++Sperber%2C+Dan+and+Wilson%2C+Deirdre++(2001)+Pragmatics%2C+Modularity+and+Mind-reading+(To+appear+in+Mind+and+Language).++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2032%2F