About the group

Pragmatics is the field of study at the intersection of linguistics with psychology and philosophy which studies human communication.

We can (and often do) communicate something different from the meaning of the words that we utter. The founding question of pragmatics is: How is this possible? How can a speaker and her addressee coordinate on a meaning going beyond the linguistic code?

Our group explores the theories that are proposed, how they are increasingly being tested in experimental work, and how this ability develops in children.

What we do

Our main aim is to help people in and around Oslo who are interested in pragmatics to talk to each other and share ideas. We hope that this will lead to interesting discussion and productive cooperation of all kinds, formal and informal.

To get things going, we are going to organise some events with invited speakers (see below). 

Cooperation

The group brings together people who are interested in pragmatics from across the University of Oslo and the surrounding region, including these institutions: