13. Discourse and cognition
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Andreas Langlotz
Abstract
This chapter focusses on the relationship between discourse and cognition by concentrating on one social medium, Twitter, and by analysing concrete tweets as discursive examples. Starting from a working definition of the central notions ‘discourse’ and ‘cognition’, it provides a brief historical overview of the recent convergence between discourse analysis and cognitive science. In line with this trend, the chapter adopts a socio-cognitive perspective of discourse management. With reference to Herbert Clark’s theory of language use (Clark 1996), it outlines the socio-cognitive parameters that play a decisive role in the human management of discourse in general and the management of tweets in particular. Finally, the socio-cognitive affordances and limitations of Twitter will be briefly surveyed with regard to the following questions: How can users perform joint actions online? What signalling strategies can they use for doing so? How do they manage and creatively play with common-ground construction online?
Abstract
This chapter focusses on the relationship between discourse and cognition by concentrating on one social medium, Twitter, and by analysing concrete tweets as discursive examples. Starting from a working definition of the central notions ‘discourse’ and ‘cognition’, it provides a brief historical overview of the recent convergence between discourse analysis and cognitive science. In line with this trend, the chapter adopts a socio-cognitive perspective of discourse management. With reference to Herbert Clark’s theory of language use (Clark 1996), it outlines the socio-cognitive parameters that play a decisive role in the human management of discourse in general and the management of tweets in particular. Finally, the socio-cognitive affordances and limitations of Twitter will be briefly surveyed with regard to the following questions: How can users perform joint actions online? What signalling strategies can they use for doing so? How do they manage and creatively play with common-ground construction online?
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
