{"title":"Conceptualizing Communication","authors":"A. Wray","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190917807.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190917807.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter provides theoretical justification for the model described in the previous chapter. The evolutionary drive to create and sustain a comfortable personal world is first explored, giving consideration not only to the imperatives of physical survival and procreation but also social ‘survival.’ Altruism is discussed, as a potential countercase to the model’s claim that interaction always pursues outcomes beneficial to the speaker. The model’s concept of ‘context’ is considered in relation to pragmatic theory and theories of persuasion and formulaic language, before various issues directly relating to the Context, Resources, and Processing components are explored, including the management of explicitness.","PeriodicalId":373824,"journal":{"name":"The Dynamics of Dementia Communication","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130928520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication Processes","authors":"A. Wray","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190917807.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190917807.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter begins part 2 of the book, in which a new model of communication is developed. The chapter asks how impact is achieved through communication and proposes that the core driver of communication with others is the desire to enlist their cooperation in making beneficial change to our experiential world. The Communicative Impact model has three components: Context, Resources, and Processing, with Context, including shared knowledge, playing the central role in enabling speakers to pitch their communication appropriately for the intended effect. The role of the hearer is also considered, and discussion commences on why hearers tolerate being used by speakers in this way.","PeriodicalId":373824,"journal":{"name":"The Dynamics of Dementia Communication","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128084249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}