Gazes, Words, and Silences in Pragmatics

Dr.  Paola Pennisi is a researcher and professor of Philosophy of Language at the Department of Adult and Childhood Human Pathology and the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Messina. Her main research field is the linguistic and pragmatic profile in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has worked for the National Research Council as a research fellow expert in linguistic and cognitive processes for developing intersubjectivity and the social mind.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Eyes are the window of the soul.- Chapter 2. Gazing in newborns.- Chapter 3. Eyes and language.- Chapter 4. Eyes and pragmatics.- Chapter 5. Conclusions.