?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Neuropragmatics%3A+Neuropsychological+constraints+on+formal+theories+of+dialogue&rft.creator=Bara%2C+Bruno+G.&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.creator=Zettin%2C+Marina&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=We+are+interested+in+the+validation+of+a+cognitive+theory+of+human+communication%2C+grounded+in+a+speech+acts+perspective.+The+theory+we+refer+to+is+outlined%2C+and+a+number+of+predictions+are+drawn+from+it.+We+report+a+series+of+protocols+administered+to+13+brain-injured+subjects+and+to+a+comparable+control+group.+The+tasks+included+direct+and+indirect+speech+acts%2C+irony%2C+deceits%2C+failures+of+communication%2C+and+theory+of+mind+inferences.+All+the+predicted+trends+of+difficulty+are+consistently+verified%3B+in+particular%2C+difficulty+increases+from+direct%2Findirect+speech+acts+to+irony%2C+from+irony+to+deceits%2C+and+from+deceits+to+failure+recovery.+This+trend+symmetrically+shows+both+in+the+successful+situation+and+in+the+failure+situation.+Further%2C+failure+situations+prove+more+difficult+to+handle+than+the+relevant+successful+situation.+In+sharp+contrast+with+previous+literature%2C+there+is+no+difference+between+the+subjects'+comprehension+of+direct+and+indirect+speech+acts.+The+results+are+discussed+in+the+light+of+our+theoretical+approach.&rft.publisher=Academic+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6810%2F1%2F1997-NeuroCom-BL.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bara%2C+Bruno+G.+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio+and+Zettin%2C+Marina++(1997)+Neuropragmatics%3A+Neuropsychological+constraints+on+formal+theories+of+dialogue.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6810%2F