me & my research

I’m Conny and I am currently in search of meaning.

For my PhD, I conduct studies on relevance inferences in young children. That is, in every-day conversation, speakers often mean other things than they actually say. Thus, listeners need to make inferences and go beyond the utterance in order to derive the speaker’s actual social intention.

Moreover, I’d like to know whether children indeed need a Theory of Mind to infer the relevance of others’ linguistic behavior.

The overarching research question targets children’s comprehension of others’ intentions and the cognitive abilities required for pragmatically successful communication.

In case you have any questions or comments: cornelia_schulzeATeva.mpg.de