摘要:

This essay argues for the existence of two codes termed pragmatic and syntactic. A code is a system of signs that are interactionally relevant to contexts, appropriateness, genres, and situations. The essay offers a perspective on the problem of how language users both converge on meaning, and thereby establish stability and predictability in interaction, and develop individualized semantic scripts that are activated in interaction. The codes are positioned along a psycholinguistic—sociolinguistic continuum. The pragmatic code is theoretically and linguistically linked to the oral style in which context and shared background are very important. The syntactic code is less context driven and more explicit and differentiated. The two codes are distinguished on the basis of issues in meaning, comprehension, reasoning, context, fragmentation‐integration, involvement‐detachment, and the level of pla

ISSN:1050-3293    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1992.tb00026.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Issues of comparative theory are addressed through direct examination of acknowledgment tokens (e.g. Eh, Mm, Mmmm, Uh heh?) in American and Swedish conversations. Findings yield grounds for claiming universality across cultural members’placement and usage of acknowledgment tokens. This is especially evident in the ways interactants organize stories and topics by (a) working to preserve rights and privileges of tellers, and (b) moving toward more active speakership. A substairtiwe (i.e., reinspectable) basis for rendering comparative judgments about cross‐cultural similarities and differences is thus offered. Attention is then given to the impact of research methods on understanding communication and culture. Contrasts are made with anecdotal and self‐report findings depicting Swedes as conversationally inept, lacking the necessary skills in such activities as “offering feedback.” Explanations of findings indicating conversational universals and particulars are offered, and implications for comparative theory development are e

ISSN:1050-3293    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1992.tb00027.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article examines and compares three perspectives on culture, communication, and the relationship between culture and communication: traditional (neo positivist), coordinated management of meaning, and ethnography of communication. The concepts of culture and communication are discussed for each perspective in regards to their form. function. and locus. The three perspectives view the relationship between culture and communication as synecdoche, irony, and metaphor, respectively. Implications for research and theory on acculturation are discussed for each perspective.

ISSN:1050-3293    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1992.tb00028.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1050-3293    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1992.tb00029.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Books review in this article:Ideology and Modern Culture: Critical Social Theory in the Era of Mass CommunicationJohn B. ThompsonMedia Matter: TV Use in Childhood and AdolescenceKarl Erik Rosengren and Sven WindahlA Rhetoric of Science: Inventing Scientific DiscourseLawrence J. Prelli

ISSN:1050-3293    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1992.tb00030.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY