Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of figures and tables xiii
5. Conventions of data presentation xv
6. 0. Introduction 1
7. Part I. Social meaning
8. 1. Charting the Dimensions of Social Meaning 21
9. 2. Social meaning and language 49
10. 3. How to integrate cognitive and interactional views of social sense-making? – Towards a blueprint for a socio-cognitive model of social orientation 83
11. Part II. Towards a socio-cognitive theory of situated social sense- making
12. 4. Dynamic cognition in social practice 111
13. 5. Language: The ultimate socio-cognitive technology – towards a socio-cognitive semiotics 149
14. 6. Cueing situated social conceptualizations – The epistemic scaffolding of social orientation through language 189
15. Part III. Analysing the creative construction of social meaning
16. 7. The creation of social meaning through humour 243
17. 8. The use of humour for creative social positioning in tourist- information and online workgroup communication 285
18. 9. Conclusion 343
19. References 351
20. Index 363