Sperber, Dan & Wilson, Deirdre.1986/1995. Relevance: Communication and Cognition (2nd ed. 1995). Oxford: Blackwell
Carston, Robyn. 2002. Thoughts and Utterances: The Pragmatics of Explicit Communication. Oxford: Blackwell
In addition, we will read research articles and book chapters which will be distributed in class or made available online.
Lecture 1
Reading
Sperber, D. (1995). How do we communicate? In J. Brockman & K. Matson (Eds.), How Things Are: A Science Toolkit to the Mind. (pp. 191–199). New York: W. Morrow. Available as a pdf, here on Dan Sperber’s website: www.dan.sperber.fr
Background reading
Chapter 1, sections 1–5 (i.e. pp.1–28) of Sperber, D. & Wilson, D. (1986). Relevance: Communication and Cognition (2nd ed. 1995). Oxford: Blackwell.