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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955931503321

Autore

Bara Bruno G. <1949->

Titolo

Cognitive pragmatics : the mental processes of communication / / Bruno G. Bara ; translated by John Douthwaite

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612736988

9780262265744

0262265745

9781282736986

1282736981

9780262266062

0262266067

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Pragmatics

Cognitive psychology

Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Not Just Language -- 2 Tools for Communicating -- 3 Behavior Games and Conversation Games -- 4 Generation and Comprehension of Communication Acts -- 5 Nonstandard Communication -- 6 Communicative Competence -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Here, Bara offers a theory of human communication that is both formalized through logic and empirically validated through experimental data and clinical studies. Bara argues that communication is a cooperative activity in which two or more agents together consciously and intentionally construct the meaning of their interaction.