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Cognitive pragmatics: Insights from homesign conversations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2023

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Connie de Vos*
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Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands. c.l.g.devos@tilburguniversity.edu https://elisa.uvt.nl
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Abstract

Homesign is a visual–gestural form of communication that emerges between deaf individuals and their hearing interlocutors in the absence of a conventional sign language. I argue here that homesign conversations form a perfect testcase to study the extent to which pragmatic competence is foundational rather than derived from our linguistic abilities.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e8
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