Understanding Dialogue Language Use and Social Interaction
Understanding Dialogue Language Use and Social Interaction by Martin J. Pickering, published by Cambridge University Press on January 7, 2021, is a comprehensive exploration of linguistic interaction as a fundamental form of communication. This edition spans 350 pages and is presented in English. The book challenges traditional research in language use, which often focuses on isolated speakers and listeners, by framing communication as a social activity that involves alignment between individuals.
Readers will find an innovative approach that integrates insights from psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and sociology. The authors introduce the concept of a ‘shared workspace account,’ where interlocutors collaboratively manage interactions and develop mutual understandings of language and social context. The work delves into dialogue dynamics within groups and the influence of technology and culture on communication. This book aims to provide a new perspective on cognitive representation, making it relevant to those interested in language arts, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology.
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Linguistic interaction between two people is the fundamental form of communication, yet almost all research in language use focuses on isolated speakers and listeners. In this innovative work, Garrod and Pickering extend the scope of psycholinguistics beyond individuals by introducing communication as a social activity. Drawing on psychological, linguistic, philosophical and sociological research, they expand their theory that alignment across individuals is the basis of communication, through the model of a ‘shared workspace account’. In this workspace, interlocutors are actors who jointly manipulate and control the interaction and develop similar representations of both language and social context, in order to achieve communicative success. The book also explores dialogue within groups, technologies, as well as the role of culture more generally. Providing a new understanding of cognitive representation, this trailblazing work will be highly influential in the fields of linguistics, psychology and cognitive linguistics.
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