Search for dissertations about: "Tom R. Burns"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Tom R. Burns.

  2. 1. Dialogue and Shared Knowledge : How Verbal Interaction Renders Mental States Socially Observable

    Author : Wendelin Reich; Tom R. Burns; Ruth Wodak; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; cognitive sociology; microsociology; social theory; social interaction; dialogue; shared knowledge; observability; inference; constraint; expectability; Grice; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents a new theoretical solution to the sociological problem of observability: the question of the extent to which and by what means individuals "observe" or infer mental states of other individuals, thereby sharing knowledge with them. The answer offered here states that the social situation of dialogue permits a speaker to use utterances to compel a hearer to generate specific and expectable assumptions about some of the speaker's intentions and beliefs. READ MORE