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Confusing discourse / Karol Janicki ; with illustrations by Siri Fuglseth and Tine Erika Fuglseth.

By: Material type: TextTextBasingstoke, England ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230232600 :
  • 0230232604 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P302 .J355 2010
Contents:
What are you talking about? : language and abstraction -- Learning new words : how we develop meaning -- Words are not what they refer to : the map is not the territory -- Words, 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; e-prime -- Can you tell the difference? : non-verbal phenomena, descriptions, and inferences -- Can you imagine it? : the role of visualization and context in understanding discourse -- No bamboozlement, please : how to disclose others' equivocation and make your own discourse less confusing and easier to understand : a summary and some warnings.
Summary: "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.Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What are you talking about? : language and abstraction -- Learning new words : how we develop meaning -- Words are not what they refer to : the map is not the territory -- Words, 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; e-prime -- Can you tell the difference? : non-verbal phenomena, descriptions, and inferences -- Can you imagine it? : the role of visualization and context in understanding discourse -- No bamboozlement, please : how to disclose others' equivocation and make your own discourse less confusing and easier to understand : a summary and some warnings.

"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.

"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.

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