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In this paper a theory of ideology which is based on the interaction of social and cognitive factors is discussed. This theory takes a pragmatic approach to build its main background theory. The present model would also provide evidence for the need to expand our understanding of the basic units of pragmatic analysis and pragmatic acts in general, in order to include the cognitive and social factors associated with language and ideology, as implied by the general theory of the pragmeme.
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We are identifying a model of a cognitive system with a mathematical dynamical system instantiated by it (Giunti 1997). The dynamic system is a proper model of the cognitive system if it captures or describes one or more of its aspects. The cognitive aspect of a cognitive system that a simulation model describes is the process or behavioral pattern associated with the completion of a task or environmental change. For example, if the behavior consists in the solution of a logical problem, the cognitive model will simulate the subjects problem-solving processes (Newell and Simon 1972). If the behavior to be modeled is a linguistic acquisition process, for example how a child acquires the English past tense system, the cognitive model will attempt to simulate this process. The simulation model can be symbolic or connectionistic (Rumelhart and McClelland 1986).
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The emergence of the group of theories covered under the ‘Optimality Theory’ umbrella can be viewed as a compromise between higher level symbolic theories of linguistic and cognitive processes and lower level neural connectionistic networks (Prince and Smolensky 1997).
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Gutiérrez-Rexach, J., Schatz, S. (2016). Social Cognition and the Pragmatics of Ideology. In: Allan, K., Capone, A., Kecskes, I. (eds) Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use. Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43491-9_32
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