Speech and Situation A Psychological Conception of Situated Speaking

The major portion of the investigations described in the present volume would never have been undertaken without the generous support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society). During my professorship at the University of Marburg, I could not have carried on with my work in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herrmann, T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Some Comments on the Psychology of Language as Understood by the Author
  • 1.2 Cognitive Processes in Speech Production — A Neglected Research Topic
  • 1.3 Overview of the Book
  • 2 Speech Production
  • 2.1 On Speaking in General
  • 2.2 A Basic Model of Speech Production
  • 2.3 A Look at the Propositional Base of the Utterance
  • 2.4 The Pars Pro Toto Principle
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • 3 Situational Influences
  • 3.1 Situations: Diverse and Indeterminate
  • 3.2 Examples of Situational Influences on Speech
  • 3.3 Situational Influences on Selection of Semantic Input (Some methodological considerations)
  • 4 Naming of Objects
  • 4.1 Naming and Object Context
  • 4.2 Multiple Codability
  • 4.3 Naming as Selection of Input Components
  • 5 Levels of Speech
  • 5.1 Diaphasic Variations in Object Naming
  • 5.2 Topic Proximity and Social Distance
  • 5.3 Toward Psychological Determination of Speech Level
  • 5.4 Three Experiments on Speech Level Variation
  • 5.5 Word Choice: Lexical Encoding Plus Semantic Input Selection
  • 6 Requesting
  • 6.1 Variations in Requests for Action
  • 6.2 Situational Determination of Requests
  • 6.3 Some Experimental Findings
  • 6.4 Conclusion
  • 7 Epilogue: Qualifications and Generalizations
  • References
  • Author Index