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Using Language

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ISBN-10: 0521567459

ISBN-13: 9780521567459

Edition: 1996

Authors: Herbert H. Clark

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This book argues that language use is more than the sum of a speaker speaking and a listener listening. It is the joint action that emerges when speakers, listeners, writers and readers perform their individual actions in coordination.
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Book details

List price: $75.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/16/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 446
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
Language use
Foundations
Joint activities
Joint actions
Common ground
Communicative acts
Meaning and understanding
Signaling
Levels of action
Joint projects
Grounding
Utterances
Discourse
Joint commitment
Conversation
Layering
Conclusion
Conclusion
References