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Author_Neil Mercer
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Clue
CMC
collaborative reasoning
collective
Collective Remembering
Collective Thinking
common
contextual
Contextual Foundations
Contextual Resource
Conversational Ground Rules
Cumulative Talk
dialogic interaction
discourse analysis
Disputational Talk
Dolphin
educational psychology
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Exploratory Talk
Face To Face
Follow
foundation
ground
group problem solving
Held
intellectual
Intermental Development Zone
joint
Joint Intellectual Activity
Key Words
Keynes
language in cognitive development
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Relevant Past Experience
Repertoire
rules
Smooth
sociocultural theory
thinking
USA
Verdicts
Wo
Product details
- ISBN 9780415224765
- Weight: 260g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jun 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Words and Minds takes a lively and accessible look at how we use language to combine our mental resources and get things done. Examining everyday language and drawing on a wide range of research, but always with a light style, Neil Mercer provides a unified account of the relationship between thought and language.
Mercer analyses real-life examples of language being used effectively, or otherwise, in many different settings, including workplaces and schools, the home, the internet and the courtroom, and offers practical insights into how we might improve our communication skills.
Words and Minds will appeal to anyone interested in language and the psychology of everyday life.
Neil Mercer is Professor of Language and Communications at the Open University.
