Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 :Definite reference from a cognitive
psychological perspective
1. Pragmatic theories
1.1 Grice's theory
1.2 Relevance theory
2. Using psychological experiments in linguistic
studies
2.1 The steps of the psychological method
2.2 Experimental methods in psycholinguistics
2.3 Experimental pragmatics
3. Definite referential resolution
3.1 Theory of Mind
3.2 Common ground
Chapter 2.Common ground as the target of shared
attention
1. The common ground constraint and accommodation:
implications for models of referential processes
2. The openness' of social interactions and shared
attention
3. The effects of joint engagement on subsequent
communicative processes
4. The cognitive foundations of common ground
5. Proposal
Chapter 3 :Memory-based mechanisms for common
ground
1. Shared information in memory and processing
2. Challenge on the memory-based model
3. The perspective-taking task-Keysar, Barr, Balin, &
Brauner (2000)
4. Experiment 1
4.1 Method
4.1.1 Participants
4.1.2 Stimuli and design
4.1.3 Procedure
4.2 Analysis and results
4.2.1 Data processing
4.2.2 Results
4.3 Discussion
5. Experiment 2
5.1 Method
5.1.1 Participants
5.1.2 Stimuli and design
5.1.3 Procedure
5.2 Results
5.3 Discussion
6. General discussion
Chapter 4 : Perspective taking online : What online
research tells us about the use of com-
mon ground and Theory of Mind in
referential processing
1. Perspective-adjustment model
2. Anticipation-integration model
3. The role of common ground mechanisms in
perspective-taking tasks
4. Constraint-based model
5. Graded salience models and the cost of
perspective -taking
6. A role for mental-state information in perspective-
taking tasks
7. Evidence for Theory of Mind inferences in online
language processing
8. Questions moving forward
Chapter 5:The role of common ground and Theory
of Mind in perspective taking tasks
1. Common ground
2. Theory of Mind in online referential processes
3. Experiment 3
3.1 Method
3.1.1 Participants
3.1.2 Stimuli and design
3.1.3 Procedure
3.2 Analysis and results
3.2.1 Data processing
3.2.2 Analyses
3.3 Discussion
4. Experiment 4
4.1 Method
4.1.1 Participants
4.1.2 Stimuli and design
4.1.5 Procedure
4.2 Analysis and results
4.3 Discussion
5. General discussion
Chapter 6 : Conclusion
1. Summary of the studies
2. Comparison of the present and previous studies
2.1 The experimental design
2.2 Eye-movement calculation
2.3 Variety of the cognitive resource manipulation
3. Inspiration for further study
3.1 Lexical competition
3.2 Ecological validity
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