IN SEARCH OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS: SEMIOTIC, IN- FERENTIAL AND COGNITIVE-INFERENTIAL MODEL OF COMMUNICATION Cover Image

У ПОТРАЗИ ЗА НАУЧНИМ РЕВОЛУЦИЈАМА: СЕМИОТИЧКИ, ИНФЕРЕНЦИЈАЛНИ И КОГНИТИВНО-ИНФЕРЕНЦИЈАЛНИ МОДЕЛ КОМУНИКАЦИЈЕ
IN SEARCH OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS: SEMIOTIC, IN- FERENTIAL AND COGNITIVE-INFERENTIAL MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

Author(s): Marija Ž. Nenadić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics, Stylistics
Published by: Универзитет у Крагујевцу
Keywords: semiotic model;inferential model;cognitive-inferential model;scientific revolutions;semantics;pragmatics

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines three dominant models of communication of the previous century – semiotic, inferential and cognitive-inferential model. By presenting and discussing some renowned studies of these models, we trace a certain scientific revolution whereby the dominant beliefs were replaced by a new paradigm. First, we provide a description of Saussure’s achievements within the structuralist approach. Then, we offer a portrayal of the theories that emerged as a reaction to the given model - Grice’s view of communication and the cognitive- inferential relevance theory. Grice introduced a dichotomy of what is said and what is implicated in order to separate the semantic and pragmatic aspects of an utter- ance. Taking into account Grice’s approach, but significantly departing from it, the leading cognitive pragmatists introduced the explicature/implicature distinction, stating that the boundary between the semantic and pragmatic part of an utter- ance is not clear-cut and that the explicit level of communication can also include unarticulated constituents.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 77
  • Page Range: 189-202
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian