Playing with Truth

The Acquisition and Development of Communicative Games
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-39310-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology

This book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the development of communication from infancy to adulthood, focusing on how communicative competence emerges through socially shared practices. It examines a wide range of communicative forms, such as deceit, white lies, pretense, humor, and irony, and argues that adult communicative registers are acquired through communicative games that children play with adults from an early age. Adopting the view that communication is a fundamental human competence, this book seeks to move beyond the analysis of isolated phenomena to develop a unified theoretical framework capable of accounting for the diversity of communicative behaviors. Although language is used across a wide range of contexts and purposes, the chapters in the book identify core cognitive processes that support communication at different levels of developmental complexity. Drawing on theoretical pragmatics alongside experimental and observational research in cognitive development, the book offers an account of communication as it unfolds in everyday interaction rather than idealized settings. It is intended for researchers and advanced students in developmental psychology, cognitive science, pragmatics, linguistics, and communication studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Airenti, Gabriella

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

SINCERITY IN COMMUNICATION.- THE ACQUISITION OF SINCERITY (AND INSINCERITY).- NON-LITERAL COMMUNICATION.- LYING FOR OTHERS.- THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMOR.- FANTASY, NARRATIVITY AND PRETEND PLAY.- ANTHROPOMORPHISM.- GAMES.- LEARNING AND PEDAGOGY. THE ROLE OF ADULTS.- CONCLUSIONS.- REFERENCES.

Über Autor(innen)

Gabriella Airenti has been professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Turin, where she is affiliated with the Department of Psychology and a member of the Center for Logic, Language and Cognition. Her research focuses on cognitive pragmatics, intersubjectivity, and the development of communicative abilities in children, including pretense, anthropomorphism, and theory of mind. She has held visiting positions at institutions such as King’s College Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and is a former President of the Italian Association for Cognitive Science.