This volume presents an entirely new, expanded cognitive view of language by examining linguistic structure and its use in communication from the point of view of memory, thus providing a novel way of analysing language. The fourteen chapters, authored by linguists and psychologists, show the need for such an approach and illustrate that the properties of numerous linguistic structures reflect those of memory in various ways. Many different methodologies are presented because of the interdisciplinary nature of the volume, without reducing the comprehensibility and comparability of the...
This volume presents an entirely new, expanded cognitive view of language by examining linguistic structure and its use in communication from the p...
In a collection of 16 papers, eminent scholars from several disciplines present diverse and yet cohering perspectives on the expression of social knowledge, its acquisition and management. Hence, the volume is an attempt to view the social functions of language in a novel, systematic way. Such an approach has been missing due to the complexity of the matter and the emphasis on purely cognitive properties of language. The volume starts with a presentation of overarching issues of the social nature of humans and their language, providing strong evidence for the social fundaments of human nature...
In a collection of 16 papers, eminent scholars from several disciplines present diverse and yet cohering perspectives on the expression of social know...
Dieser Sammelband bietet eine Auswahl aktueller Themen Interkultureller Kommunikation. Als Grundlage dienen Hofstedes Dimensionen, die in Bezug auf ihre Gultigkeit und Anwendbarkeit uberpruft werden. Konfliktursachen wie Ethnozentrismus, das Fehlen eines adaquaten Verhandlungsstils sowie die Nicht-Berucksichtigung nonverbaler Kommunikation in interkulturellen Begegnungen werden erortert. Daruber hinaus wird gezeigt, dass Besonderheiten einer Kultur sich in der Werbung sowie in Sprichwortern wiederfinden lassen. Neben einer Ubersicht uber die japanische Kultur werden in diesem Band auch die...
Dieser Sammelband bietet eine Auswahl aktueller Themen Interkultureller Kommunikation. Als Grundlage dienen Hofstedes Dimensionen, die in Bezug auf ih...
This book explores the various choices speakers or communicators make when expressing power relations in modern societies. The volume brings together several disciplines, such as linguistics, sociology, communication studies and social psychology, to give insight into how interactants co-construct different aspects of power in their everyday life.
This book explores the various choices speakers or communicators make when expressing power relations in modern societies. The volume brings together ...
