Francesco Ferretti
List of John Benjamins publications in which Francesco Ferretti is involved.
Articles
2024 Chapter 3. Narrative and pantomime at the origin of language Perspectives on Pantomime, Żywiczyński, Przemysław, Johan Blomberg and Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska (eds.), pp. 78–99 | Chapter
The present chapter proposes a pantomimic account of language origin resting on a persuasive/narrative conception of human communication. Relying on the twofold constraint of the cognitive architectures responsible for the processing of the mental content and of the material resources for… read more
The role of visual perception in narrative scene construction: A pilot study with visually impaired children Pragmatics & Cognition: Online-First Articles | Article
Previous research suggests that imagery processes grounded in visual experience are crucial for narrative comprehension, particularly for creating mental models of story events. Visual impairments offer a unique lens to explore this issue, but research is limited. This pilot study investigates… read more