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Title Mental spaces in discourse and interaction / edited by Todd Oakley, Anders Hougaard.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 262 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. v. 170
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 170.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Mental Spaces in Discourse and Interaction; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Mental spaces and discourse analysis; Connecting the dots; The text and the story; Fictive interaction blends in everyday life and courtroom settings1; A semiotic approach to fictive interaction as a representational strategy in communicative meaning construction; Designing clinical experiences with words; Compression in interaction; Guided conceptualization; Looking at analyses of mental spaces and blending / Looking at and experiencing discourse in interaction.
Summary The cognitive theory of mental spaces and conceptual integration (MSCI) is a twenty-year-old, cross-disciplinary enterprise that presently unfolds in academic circles on many levels of reflection and research. One important area of inquiry where MSCI can be of immediate use is in the pragmatics of written and spoken discourse and interaction. At the same time, empirical insights from the fields of interaction and discourse provide a necessary fundament for the development of the cognitive theories of discourse. This collection of seven chapters and three commentaries aims at evaluating and dev.
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Subject Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects.
Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects.
Social interaction.
Social interaction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Oakley, Todd, 1966-
Hougaard, Anders.
Other Form: Print version: Mental spaces in discourse and interaction. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2008 (DLC) 2007041026
ISBN 9789027291455 (electronic book)
9027291454 (electronic book)
1282152122
9781282152120
9789027254146 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027254141 (hardback ; alkaline paper)