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Neuropragmatics: Neuropsychological Constraints on Formal Theories of Dialogue

Brain and Language, 1997

We are interested in the validation of a cognitive theory of human communication, grounded in a speech acts perspective. The theory we refer to is outlined, and a number of predictions are drawn from it. We report a series of protocols administered to 13 brain-injured subjects and to a comparable control group. The tasks included direct and indirect speech acts, irony, deceits, failures of communication, and theory of mind inferences. All the predicted trends of difficulty are consistently verified; in particular, difficulty increases from direct/indirect speech acts to irony, from irony to deceits, and from deceits to failure recovery. This trend symmetrically shows both in the successful situation and in the failure situation. Further, failure situations prove more difficult to handle than the relevant successful situation. In sharp contrast with previous literature, there is no difference between the subjects' comprehension of direct and indirect speech acts. The results are discussed in the light of our theoretical approach.

Introduction to Human Communication

To say that communication is at the heart of our everyday lives would be but stating the obvious. Its influence is so all embracing and its tentacles widespread that they encompass the art of persuading, influencing, entertaining, sharing, discovering and transmitting information. From the moment we wake in the morning, thinking about the challenges of the day ahead, to the moment we drift off to sleep at night, we are constantly in the process of communication. We do so either as senders of messages or receivers of messages. In the words of Hybels and Weaver (2005:5), 'it is not surprising that communication, and how to communicate, is so important to daily life that it has spawned an entire industry of books, articles, and seminars explaining how to do it better'.

The report and the command : a case for a relational view in the study of communication

The paper examines what it means to adopt a relational perspective in the study of animal and human communication. First it states that the informational view which dominates the study of animal communication leads to cut apart the biological, the cognitive and the social parts of social communication. When it comes to human nonverbal communication, it is difficult then to articulate its biological and the cultural dimensions. Following Ingold I argue that in order to go beyond the "natural pattern vs cultural rules or meaning" conception of human nonverbal communication, we need to rely on a relational view. But what is a relational view in the study of communication? In the final part of the paper, I suggest that social relationships are both subjective and objective entities and, drawing on an original paper by Kaufmann and Clément (2008, in press), I offer a hypothesis on how social communication could operate to objectively and subjectively organize the construction of social relationships.

FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ART OF COMMUNICATION (Atena Editora)

FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ART OF COMMUNICATION (Atena Editora), 2023

Current conceptions of communication have different focuses, but they do not address the essential issues, the fundamentals, more related to communion, and which can be associated with the founding values of communicative art. An exploratory essay is proposed to investigate whether spiritualism, humanism and ecology values can be associated with the essence of the art of communication, outlining purposes and indicating possibilities to achieve them. The findings suggest that the guidelines of the Rosicrucian Appellatio manifesto indicate directions that can contribute in the quest to unravel something of the mystery of communication, which emerges from the inter(intra)suprarelationship between “One, Other(s), Planet and Cosmic”, in that each of these dimensions communicates with the others, everything being inter(intra)supraconnected and composing a whole in constant communicative relationship and which can be a path to divine communion. With regard to propositions of new values to go beyond, it is evident that the map of communicative relationships can serve to locate negative aspects and allow reflection, directions to propose to balance communication actions and neutralize possible distortions. Thus, it is suggested that the values of spiritualism, humanism and ecology can lead to a new imaginary, which suggests that it is possible to consider them foundations of the art of communication.