Referential Communication Tasks

by George Yule

Book Overview

Referential communication is the term given to communicative acts, generally spoken, in which some kind of information is exchanged between one speaker and another. This information exchange is typically dependent on successful acts of reference, whereby entities (human and non-human) are identified (by naming or describing), are located or moved relative to other entities (by giving instructions or directions), or are followed through sequences of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805820043
• ISBN13: 9780805820041
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"