Language As Social Action: Social Psychology and Language Use

by Thomas M. Holtgraves

Book Overview

This interdisciplinary synthesis of the social psychological aspects of language use provides an integrative and timely review of language as social action. The book successfully weaves together research from philosophy, linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, pragmatics, and artificial intelligence. In this way, it clearly demonstrates how many aspects of social life are mediated by language and how understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805841776
• ISBN13: 9780805841770
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"