Social and Cognitive Approaches to Interpersonal Communication

This book blends cognitive and social psychological perspectives on language use in a broad yet rigorous manner that will illuminate the area for researchers and students alike. For cognitive & social psychologists, (psycho)linguists, and communication.<

List of contents

Contents: Part I:Introduction and Background.S.R. Fussell, R.J. Kreuz, Social and Cognitive Approaches to Interpersonal Communication: Introduction and Overview. R.W. Gibbs, Jr., The Varieties of Intentions in Interpersonal Communication. N. Schwarz, Communication in Standardized Research Situations: A Gricean Perspective. Part II:Indirect Speech Acts and Figurative Language.T. Holtgraves, Interpersonal Foundations of Conversational Indirectness. R.J. Kreuz, M.A. Kassler, L. Coppenrath, The Use of Exaggeration in Discourse: Cognitive and Social Facets. S.R. Fussell, M.M. Moss, Figurative Language in Emotional Communication. Part III:Perspective-Taking and Conversational Collaboration.M.F. Schober, Different Kinds of Conversational Perspective-Taking. B. Keysar, Language Users as Problem Solvers: Just What Ambiguity Problem Do They Solve? S.E. Brennan, The Grounding Problem in Conversations With and Through Computers. Part IV:Cognition, Language, and Social Interaction.G.R. Semin, Cognition, Language, and Communication. C-Y. Chiu, R.M. Krauss, I.Y-M. Lau, Some Cognitive Consequences of Communication.

About the author

Susan R. Fussell, Roger J. Kreuz

Summary

This book blends cognitive and social psychological perspectives on language use in a broad yet rigorous manner that will illuminate the area for researchers and students alike. For cognitive & social psychologists, (psycho)linguists, and communication.<

Product details

• Assisted by: Susan R. Fussell (Editor), Fussell Susan R. (Editor), Roger J. Kreuz (Editor), Kreuz Roger J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9780805822694
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2269-4
• No. of pages: 308
• Weight: 740 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Philosophy of Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, PHILOSOPHY / Language, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Sociolinguistics, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Population & demography, Population and Demography