Relevance Theory Meets Markedness: Considerations on Cognitive Effort As a Criterion for Markedness in Pragmatics (European University Studies, Volume 259)

Rising influence of cognitive sciences on linguistics has been observed recently. This work aims at pointing out which role cognitive effort may play in natural language processing. From a pragmatic perspective various approaches to a plausible definition of cognitive effort are presented. Some introductory sections to pragmatics lead to a discussion on relevance theory. Also, a variety of markedness concepts are introduced. These are examined in regard to their utility for the description of context understood as a psychological construct. Finally, a natural language processing model is used to describe cognitive effort in the light of divers learning models.Peter Schuster is the author of 'Relevance Theory Meets Markedness: Considerations on Cognitive Effort As a Criterion for Markedness in Pragmatics (European University Studies, Volume 259)' with ISBN 9780820464381 and ISBN 0820464384.