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Language vs. reality : why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists / N. J. Enfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Enfield, N. J., 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--Social aspects.
- Communication.
- Cognition.
- Psycholinguistics.
- cognition.
- psycholinguistics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cognition.
- Psycholinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Argues that the primary function of language is not to describe the physical world but to manage the social one. Aimed at a general readership"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. Mapped by Language
- 1. Coordinating around Reality
- 2. Schelling's Game
- 3. Language and Nature
- II. Nudged by Language
- 4. Priming and Overshadowing
- 5. Linguistic Relativity
- 6. Communicative Need
- 7. Framing and Inversion
- III. Made by Language
- 8. Russell's Conjugation and Wittgenstein's Ruler
- 9. Stories and What They Do to Us
- 10. Social Glue
- 11. Sense Making.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262046619
- 026204661X
- OCLC:
- 1248599553
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