Dialogue : the mixed game /

The 'Mixed Game Model' represents a holistic theory of dialogue which starts from human beings' competence-in-performance and describes how language is integrated in a general theory of human action and behaviour. Human beings are able to adapt to changing conditions and to pursue the...

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Main Author: Weigand, Edda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Dialogue studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The 'Mixed Game Model' represents a holistic theory of dialogue which starts from human beings' competence-in-performance and describes how language is integrated in a general theory of human action and behaviour. Human beings are able to adapt to changing conditions and to pursue their interests by the integrated use of various communicative means, mainly verbal, perceptual and cognitive. The core unit is the dialogic action game or 'the mixed game' with human beings at the centre acting and reacting in cultural surroundings. The key to opening up the complex whole is human beings' nature. Th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and index.
ISBN:9789027287465
9027287465
1282976893
9781282976894
9786612976896
6612976896
DOI:10.1075/ds.10