UID:
almafu_9960840948702883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-98563-7
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1-108-97956-4
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1-108-98393-6
Content:
The way the brain, body, and mind interact with social structure to shape communication has so far not received the attention it deserves. This book addresses this gap by providing a novel account of communication as a social, biological and neurological force. Combining theories from communication studies and psycholinguistics, and drawing on biological and evolutionary perspectives, it shows how communication is inherently both biological and social, and that language and the neural systems that support it have evolved in response to a complex social environment. It introduces a clear set of terms based on current research, and illustrates key concepts using real-life examples from everyday conversation - speaking to a number of current debates around the evolutionary and biological basis of language, and the relationship between language, cognition, and environment. Thought provoking and engaging, it will change the way we think about the relationship between communication and cognition.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2022).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- The Purpose of the Book -- 1 The Embodiment Perspective -- The Embodiment Perspective -- Communication Is Biological. -- Metaphors of Communication. -- Communication Is Cognitive. -- Communication Is Social. -- Communication Is Cultural. -- Concepts and Metaphorical Terms -- Homeostasis, Representation, and Communication -- Summary -- 2 Homeostasis: Perception, Feelings, and Signaling -- Embodied Cognition -- Evolutionary Perspective. -- Homeostasis -- The Brain and Central Nervous System -- Neural Function. -- The Computer Metaphor for Mind. -- Structure of the Brain -- Physiology of Communication. -- Perception. -- Experience. -- Memory. -- Hemispheric Specialization. -- Survival Circuits. -- Coordinating Representations and Actions. -- Physiological Adaptations for Communication -- Reward Systems: Why Solving Puzzles, Eating, and Sex Are Fun -- Summary -- 3 How Language and Conversation Evolved -- What Is Language? -- Language Evolution as a Response to Ecological Pressure -- Animal Communication -- Language as a Social Tool -- Play. -- Theory of Mind (ToM) and Signaling. -- Social Knowledge. -- The Gradual Development of Language -- Elaborating the Signal System. -- Expanding Vocabulary. -- Totemic Imitation. -- Elaborating Syntax. -- Metaphor. -- Abstraction and Ambiguity. -- Language for Coordinating Action. -- Implications for Our Understanding of Contemporary Language -- Memes: Units of Cultural Practice -- The Meme Theory Account of Culture and Brain Evolution. -- Language and Homeostasis -- Summary -- 4 Thinking: Using and Understanding Language -- Mind -- Identity and the Self. -- Consciousness -- What Does Consciousness Do? -- Metacognition. -- Memory. -- Perception, Understanding, and Language.
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The Conventional Story: The Digital Mind. -- Perceptual Symbols. -- Evidence for Perceptual Simulations -- Simulating Visual Experience. -- Simulating Muscular Experience. -- Objections to the PSS (Perceptual Symbols Systems) Account. -- Metaphor. -- Schemas, Scripts, and Scenarios. -- Frames. -- Emotion. -- Natural Language Statistics (Semantic Connections). -- Synthesis: Context-Limited Simulation Theory Extended -- Summary -- 5 Emotion -- The Classic View: Basic Emotions -- The Expanding List of Emotion Categories. -- Methodological Issues. -- Survival Circuits -- Cultural Construction of Emotion -- Self-Attribution. -- Excitation Transfer. -- The Facial Feedback Effect. -- Emotion and Homeostasis -- Strategic Emotional Expression. -- The Enactive View -- Synthesis: Affect, Arousal, and Emotion -- Emotion and Reason -- Communicating Emotion -- Emotion Cues and Signals. -- Feelings. -- Emotion Categories and Terms. -- Communicating about Emotions -- Summary -- 6 Signals -- Signaling -- Intentionality. -- Signals. -- Language -- Word Meaning. -- Word Form (Morphology). -- Emblems (Code-Like Gestures). -- Illustrators. -- Utterances -- Conversation Support -- Supporting the Flow of Language. -- Turn-Taking. -- Speaker Support. -- Expressive Signals -- Emotions. -- Social Status and Power. -- Sexual Interest/Availability. -- Relationship and Affiliation. -- Digital or Analog? -- Ad Hoc Signals -- Summary -- 7 Context -- Cognitive Context and Relevance -- Context and Interpretation -- Establishing Common Ground. -- Social Settings -- Participants. -- Secondary Audiences. -- Face-to-Face vs. Mediated. -- The Discourse Context -- Nature and Purpose of the Talk. -- What Has Been Said Before, by Whom, and in What Sequence. -- Relationship to Broader Discourse. -- Relationship -- Affective Valence. -- Framing -- Physical Surroundings -- Culture.
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Politeness and Relevance -- Summary: Context and Homeostasis -- 8 Relationships and Groups -- Basic Human Relationships -- Homeostasis, Relationships, and Social Groups -- Facework: Politeness and Impoliteness -- Impoliteness. -- Theory of Mind and Moral Judgment. -- Morality. -- Facework, Homeostasis, and Morality. -- Strategic Impoliteness and Morality: Trade-Offs. -- Social Control. -- Power and Status -- Signals of Power. -- Bases of Power. -- Managing Social Distance. -- Relationships of Equal Status -- Culture and Representation -- Relationship Dimensions -- Summary -- 9 Conversation -- Conversation and Homeostasis -- Telic Communication. -- Structure of Conversation -- Fine Structure of Conversation - Moment by Moment. -- Conversation Scripts -- Beginnings. -- Terminations. -- Topic Changes and Framing. -- Power and Status. -- Turn-Taking. -- Delays. -- Formulating a Response. -- Repairs. -- Recursion -- Settings and Genres -- Conflict Talk. -- Argumentation and Logic. -- Summary -- 10 Play -- The Nature of Play -- Juvenile Play -- Adult Play -- Language Play -- Play in Conversation -- Play and Homeostasis -- Play and the Origins of Language Use -- Summary -- 11 Metaphor -- Lexical Metaphor and Metonymy -- Semantic Association and Simulation -- Conceptual Metaphors -- From Code to Conceptual Metaphor - and Back? -- Grammatical Metaphor -- Multimodal Metaphor -- Metaphorical Stories and Story Metaphors -- Playful Metaphors. -- Understanding Metaphors -- Contextual Influences on Individual Interpretations. -- Convolution and the Cognitive-Affective Model. -- Analogy Versus Conceptual Metaphor: Comparing To or Experiencing As. -- Metaphor, Social Structure, and Personal Identity -- Synthesis: Context-Limited Simulation Theory (CLST) -- Summary -- 12 Humor and Irony -- Theories of Humor -- Humor as Sublimated Aggression.
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Incongruity and Frame-Shifting. -- A Cognitive/Evolutionary Account of Humor. -- Relevance. -- Playful Humor. -- Social Functions of Humor and Play -- Humor Cultures. -- Humor as a Coping Mechanism -- Irony -- Summary -- 13 Stories -- Defining Story -- Master-Plots, Setting, and Character Types -- Setting. -- Types of Story. -- Storytelling in Conversations -- Identity Stories -- Summary -- 14 Media Technology, Social Reality, and Discourse -- Communication Technology -- Language and Conversation. -- Social Reality. -- How Media Affect Cognition. -- Visual Images -- Written Language -- Print -- The Audience -- Electronic Media -- Radio and Television. -- Computer/Internet. -- The Cellphone. -- Elaborating and Fragmenting Social Reality -- Public Discourse -- Narratives -- Frame Conflicts. -- Example: Public Discourse about the US Civil War -- Conflicting Narratives: ''That's Not Who We Are.'' -- Lies and Fake News -- Summary -- 15 Recap: Homeostasis and Communication -- Cognition -- External Signals. -- Extending Homeostasis. -- Language, Personhood, and Conversation -- Conversation. -- Discourse -- Emotions and Values -- Summary -- Post-Script, Methodological Implications: Polysemy and Objectivity -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Ritchie, L. David Feeling, Thinking, and Talking Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2022 ISBN 9781108839044
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108979566
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