2024
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zp3fx
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Rethinking ostensive communication in an evolutionary, comparative, and developmental perspective

Dan Sperber,
Deirdre Wilson

Abstract: Ostensive communication (Sperber & Wilson, 1995) involves both an informative and a communicative intention: The communicator draws attention not only to the information she intends to convey but also to her intention to convey it. This elicits an expectation of relevance in addressees that guides them in interpreting the information communicated. This notion of ostensive communication has been influential in pragmatics, developmental psychology, and comparative psychology but also raises many question… Show more

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