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. INDICE: Preface - Introduction - What Are You Talking About? - Language and Abstraction - Learning New Words - How We Develop Meaning - Words Are Not What They Refer To b The Map Is Not the Territory - Words, Words, Wordsb&, and Tables, Cars and Elephants b - Intensional and Extensional Orientation - The Good Guys and the Bad Guys - Two-Valued and Multi-Valued Orientation - The Unfortunate Word 'Is' b Is of Identity and Is of Predication; E b Prime - Can You Tell The Difference? b Non-Verbal Phenomena, Descriptions, and Inferences - CanYou Imagine It? - The Role of Visualization and Context in Understanding - Discourse - No Bamboozlement, Please! - How to Disclose Others' Equivocation andMake - Your Own Discourse Less Confusing and Easier To Understand b A Summaryand Some Warnings - Conclusion: Can We Go Bananas? b Discourse and Health - Suggestions for Further Reading - References - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23260-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha Publicación: 18/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés