Context as Other Minds (—subtitled The Pragmatics of Sociality, Cognition and Communication—) is a book, by Talmy Givón, published by John Benjamins in 2005.
Contents of Book edit
The book presents a model of human linguistic communication, based on the idea that language is an evolutionary adaptation, where speakers address themselves to the context of minds they believe to be similar to their own.[1]
See also edit
Notes and references edit
- ^ Fischer (2006)
Bibliography edit
- Givón, Talmy. Context as Other Minds: The Pragmatics of Sociality, Cognition and Communication. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2005.
External links edit
- Context as Other Minds — LINGUIST List review by Kerstin Fischer (2006)
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