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Author Bara, Bruno G., 1949-

Title Cognitive pragmatics : the mental processes of communication / Bruno G. Bara ; translated by John Douthwaite.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "A Bradford book."
"Based upon Pragmatica cognitiva : i processi mentali della comunicazione, Bollati Boringhieri, Milan, 1999"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents 1. Not just language : a taxonomy of communication -- 2. Tools for communicating -- 3. Behavior games and conversation games -- 4. Generation and comprehension of communication acts -- 5. Nonstandard communication -- 6. Communicative competence.
Summary Here, Bara offers a theory of human communication that is both formalized through logic and empirically validated through experimental data and clinical studies. Bara argues that communication is a cooperative activity in which two or more agents together consciously and intentionally construct the meaning of their interaction.
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Subject Pragmatics.
Pragmatics.
Cognitive psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Communication.
Communication.
Communication.
Cognition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bara, Bruno G., 1949- Pragmatica cognitiva. English.
Other Form: Print version: Bara, Bruno G., 1949- Cognitive pragmatics. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010 0262014114 (DLC) 2009039302 (OCoLC)452277108
ISBN 9780262266062 (electronic book)
0262266067 (electronic book)
1282736981
9781282736986
9780262014113 (hardback)
0262014114 (hardback)
Standard No. 9786612736988