Creating social orientation through language : a socio-cognitive theory of situated social meaning / Andreas Langlotz, University of Basel.

By: Langlotz, Andreas
Language: English Series: Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 17Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789027268624 (pdf)Subject(s): Communication -- Social aspects | Communication -- Psychological aspects | Social interaction | Sociolinguistics | PsycholinguisticsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 401/.43 LOC classification: P95.54Online resources: Full text available at ProQuest Ebook Central Click here to view
Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix ? xii List of figures and tables xiii ? xiv Conventions of data presentation xv ? xx 0. Introduction 1 ? 18 Part I. Social meaning 1. Charting the Dimensions of Social Meaning 21 ? 48 2. Social meaning and language 49 ? 82 3. How to integrate cognitive and interactional views of social sense-making? ? Towards a blueprint for a socio-cognitive model of social orientation 83 ? 108 Part II. Towards a socio-cognitive theory of situated social sense- making 4. Dynamic cognition in social practice 111 ? 148 5. Language: The ultimate socio-cognitive technology ? towards a socio-cognitive semiotics 149 ? 188 6. Cueing situated social conceptualizations ? The epistemic scaffolding of social orientation through language 189 ? 240 Part III. Analysing the creative construction of social meaning 7. The creation of social meaning through humour 243 ? 284 8. The use of humour for creative social positioning in tourist- information and online workgroup communication 285 ? 342 9. Conclusion 343 ? 350 References 351 ? 362 Index 363 ? 366
Summary: This monograph develops a new socio-cognitive theory of sense-making for analyzing the creative management of situated social meaning. Drawing on cognitive-linguistic and social-interactional heuristics in an innovative way, the book both theorizes and demonstrates how embodied cognizers create complex situated conceptualizations of self and other, which guide and support their interactions. It shows how these sense-making processes are managed through the coordinated social interaction of two (or more) communicative partners. To illustrate the theory, the book draws on two distinct data sets: front-desk tourist-information transactions and online-workgroup discussions. It scrutinizes how the communicative partners use verbal humour as a powerful strategy to creatively establish a situated social image for themselves. This book addresses specialists and advanced students in the areas of cognitive linguistics as well as interactional approaches to language. Moreover, it will be of great value to readers interested in verbal humour, business communication, and computer-mediated communication.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

ix ? xii
List of figures and tables

xiii ? xiv
Conventions of data presentation

xv ? xx
0. Introduction

1 ? 18
Part I. Social meaning

1. Charting the Dimensions of Social Meaning

21 ? 48
2. Social meaning and language

49 ? 82
3. How to integrate cognitive and interactional views of social sense-making? ? Towards a blueprint for a socio-cognitive model of social orientation

83 ? 108
Part II. Towards a socio-cognitive theory of situated social sense- making

4. Dynamic cognition in social practice

111 ? 148
5. Language: The ultimate socio-cognitive technology ? towards a socio-cognitive semiotics

149 ? 188
6. Cueing situated social conceptualizations ? The epistemic scaffolding of social orientation through language

189 ? 240
Part III. Analysing the creative construction of social meaning

7. The creation of social meaning through humour

243 ? 284
8. The use of humour for creative social positioning in tourist- information and online workgroup communication

285 ? 342
9. Conclusion

343 ? 350
References

351 ? 362
Index

363 ? 366

This monograph develops a new socio-cognitive theory of sense-making for analyzing the creative management of situated social meaning. Drawing on cognitive-linguistic and social-interactional heuristics in an innovative way, the book both theorizes and demonstrates how embodied cognizers create complex situated conceptualizations of self and other, which guide and support their interactions. It shows how these sense-making processes are managed through the coordinated social interaction of two (or more) communicative partners.

To illustrate the theory, the book draws on two distinct data sets: front-desk tourist-information transactions and online-workgroup discussions. It scrutinizes how the communicative partners use verbal humour as a powerful strategy to creatively establish a situated social image for themselves.

This book addresses specialists and advanced students in the areas of cognitive linguistics as well as interactional approaches to language. Moreover, it will be of great value to readers interested in verbal humour, business communication, and computer-mediated communication.

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