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Using Language
Herbert H. Clark
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Description for Using Language
Paperback. This book argues that language use is more than the sum of a speaker speaking and a listener listening. Num Pages: 446 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668. 446 pages, references. This 1996 book argues that language use is more than the sum of a speaker speaking and a listener listening. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight: 710.
This book, first published in 1996, argues that language use is more than the sum of a speaker speaking and a listener listening. It is the joint action that emerges when speakers and listeners - writers and readers - perform their individual actions in coordination, as ensembles. The author argues strongly that language use embodies both individual and social processes.
This book, first published in 1996, argues that language use is more than the sum of a speaker speaking and a listener listening. It is the joint action that emerges when speakers and listeners - writers and readers - perform their individual actions in coordination, as ensembles. The author argues strongly that language use embodies both individual and social processes.
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
446
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
667g
Number of Pages
446
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521567459
SKU
V9780521567459
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Reviews for Using Language
'This is a bold, imaginative, and important book. Clark's focus on language use, and his contention that conversation transforms the nature of production and comprehension, pose a challenge to the prevailing psycholinguistic approach to language. Cognitive scientists, social psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists - indeed, all concerned with the way people employ language to accomplish their purposes in the world - will find much to interest them in this integrative and original work.' Robert M. Krauss, Columbia University 'Using Language is a lucid exposition of views that Clark has been developing for over a decade. The central argument is that language must be seen within the complex belief and intentional context in which it is used. Clark tries to pinpoint exactly those features of the intentional context - the set of assumptions and ascribed intentions - which make communication possible, and, often, effortlessly effective. It is undoubtedly his major work to date.' Stephen C. Levinson, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen This is a bold, imaginative, and important book. Clark's focus on language use, and his contention that conversation transforms the nature of production and comprehension, pose a challenge to the prevailing psycholinguistic approach to language. Cognitive scientists, social psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists
indeed, all concerned with the way people employ language to accomplish their purposes in the world
will find much to interest them in this integrative and original work. Robert M. Krauss, Columbia University Using Language is a lucid exposition of views that Clark has been developing for over a decade. The central argument is that language must be seen within the complex belief and intentional context in which it is used. Clark tries to pinpoint exactly those features of the intentional context
the set of assumptions and ascribed intentions
which make communication possible, and, often, effortlessly effective. It is undoubtedly his major work to date. Stephen C. Levinson, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
indeed, all concerned with the way people employ language to accomplish their purposes in the world
will find much to interest them in this integrative and original work. Robert M. Krauss, Columbia University Using Language is a lucid exposition of views that Clark has been developing for over a decade. The central argument is that language must be seen within the complex belief and intentional context in which it is used. Clark tries to pinpoint exactly those features of the intentional context
the set of assumptions and ascribed intentions
which make communication possible, and, often, effortlessly effective. It is undoubtedly his major work to date. Stephen C. Levinson, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen