Confusing discourse
By: Karol Janicki ; with illustrations by Siri Fuglseth and Tine Erika Fuglseth.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230232600
Subjects: Discourse analysis
Description: "We easily hear and see when people are talking and writing, but we often do not understand what they are talking or writing about. We may remain confused. This book addresses some sources of confusion in discourse and offers suggestions for diminishing it"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PrefaceIntroduction What Are You Talking About? - Language and AbstractionLearning New Words - How We Develop MeaningWords Are Not What They Refer To The Map Is Not the TerritoryWords, Words, Words, and Tables, Cars and Elephants Intensional and Extensional Orientation The Good Guys and the Bad Guys - Two-Valued and Multi-Valued Orientation The Unfortunate Word Is Is of Identity and Is of Predication; title: E Prime Can You Tell The Difference? Non-Verbal Phenomena, Descriptions, and InferencesCan You Imagine It? - The Role of Visualization and Context in Understanding Discourse No Bamboozlement, Please! - How to Disclose Others Equivocation and MakeYour Own Discourse Less Confusing and Easier To Understand A Summary and Some WarningsConclusion: Can We Go Bananas? Discourse and HealthSuggestions for Further ReadingReferencesIndex PrefaceIntroduction What Are You Talking About? - Language and AbstractionLearning New Words - How We Develop MeaningWords Are Not What They Refer To The Map Is Not the TerritoryWords, Words, Words, and Tables, Cars and Elephants Intensional and Extensional Orientation The Good Guys and the Bad Guys - Two-Valued and Multi-Valued Orientation The Unfortunate Word Is Is of Identity and Is of Predication; title: E Prime Can You Tell The Difference? Non-Verbal Phenomena, Descriptions, and InferencesCan You Imagine It? - The Role of Visualization and Context in Understanding Discourse No Bamboozlement, Please! - How to Disclose Others Equivocation and MakeYour Own Discourse Less Confusing and Easier To Understand A Summary and Some WarningsConclusion: Can We Go Bananas? Discourse and HealthSuggestions for Further ReadingReferencesIndex.