Valentina Bambini
Luca Bischetti
Federico Frau
Seminar: Ling-O: Neuropragmatics: from Grice to the brain
Valentina Bambini (University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia)
Luca Bischetti (University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia)
Federico Frau (University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia)
The course will present the growing field of neuropragmatics, devoted to investigating the brain correlates of pragmatic processes in neurotypical individuals as well as clinical populations. Classes will be taught by fellows of the Neurolinguistics and Experimental Pragmatics (NEPLab) at IUSS Pavia, Italy. Syllabus: 1) Neuropragmatics: the perspective of metaphor I (Valentina Bambini) 2) Neuropragmatics: the perspective of metaphor II (Federico Frau) 3) Neuropragmatics: the perspective of idioms (Paolo Canal) 4) Neuropragmatics: the perspective of humor (Luca Bischetti) 5) Neuropragmatics: clinical perspectives I (Luca Bischetti) 6) Neuropragmatics: clinical perspectives II (Federico Frau)