Salience and Defaults in Utterance Processing

by Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt, Kasia M. Jaszczolt (Editor), Keith Allan (Editor)

The book addresses controversies around the conscious vs automatic processing of contextual information and the distinction between literal and nonliteral meaning. It sheds new light on the relation of the literal/nonliteral distinction to the distinction between the automatic and conscious retrieval of information. The question of literal meaning is inherently interwoven with the question of salience and defaults. This volume addresses these interconnected issues, stressing their mutual interdependence

231 pages, Hardcover

First published October 17, 2011

About the author

Katarzyna M. "Kasia" Jaszczolt (1963-) is a Polish and British linguist and philosopher. She is currently Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy of Language at the University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge.

Jaszczolt received her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. Her academic career combines interests in meaning in natural language and in communication with interests in philosophy of language and mind, epistemology and metaphysics