Words and Minds

How We Use Language to Think Together
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-22476-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 244 g

Words and Minds takes a lively and accessible look at how we use language to combine our mental resources and get things done. Examining everyday language and drawing on a wide range of research, but always with a light style, Neil Mercer provides a unified account of the relationship between thought and language.
Mercer analyses real-life examples of language being used effectively, or otherwise, in many different settings, including workplaces and schools, the home, the internet and the courtroom, and offers practical insights into how we might improve our communication skills.
Words and Minds will appeal to anyone interested in language and the psychology of everyday life.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mercer, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Language as a tool for thinking 2. Laying the Foundations 3. The given and the new 4. Persuasion, control and argument 5. Communities 6. Development through dialogue 7. Investigating interthinking Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Neil Mercer is Professor of Language and Communications at the Open University.