We easily hear and see when people are talking and writing, but we often do not understand what they are talking or writing about . This book addresses some sources of confusion in discourse and offers suggestions for diminishing it.
We easily hear and see when people are talking and writing, but we often do not understand what they are talking or writing about . This book addresses some sources of confusion in discourse and offers suggestions for diminishing it.
KAROL JANICKI is a Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Norway. He is the author of Language Misconceived. Arguing for Applied Cognitive Sociolinguistics (2006).
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Preface Introduction What Are You Talking About? - Language and Abstraction Learning New Words - How We Develop Meaning Words Are Not What They Refer To - The Map Is Not the Territory Words, Words, Words..., and Tables, Cars and Elephants - Intensional and Extensional Orientation The Good Guys and the Bad Guys - Two-Valued and Multi-Valued Orientation The Unfortunate Word 'Is' - Is of Identity and Is of Predication; E -Prime Can You Tell The Difference? -Non-Verbal Phenomena, Descriptions, and Inferences Can You Imagine It? - The Role of Visualization and Context in Understanding Discourse No Bamboozlement, Please! - How to Disclose Others' Equivocation and Make Your Own Discourse Less Confusing and Easier To Understand - A Summary and Some Warnings Conclusion: Can We Go Bananas? - Discourse and Health Suggestions for Further Reading References Index
Preface Introduction What Are You Talking About? - Language and Abstraction Learning New Words - How We Develop Meaning Words Are Not What They Refer To - The Map Is Not the Territory Words, Words, Words..., and Tables, Cars and Elephants - Intensional and Extensional Orientation The Good Guys and the Bad Guys - Two-Valued and Multi-Valued Orientation The Unfortunate Word 'Is' - Is of Identity and Is of Predication; E -Prime Can You Tell The Difference? -Non-Verbal Phenomena, Descriptions, and Inferences Can You Imagine It? - The Role of Visualization and Context in Understanding Discourse No Bamboozlement, Please! - How to Disclose Others' Equivocation and Make Your Own Discourse Less Confusing and Easier To Understand - A Summary and Some Warnings Conclusion: Can We Go Bananas? - Discourse and Health Suggestions for Further Reading References Index
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