Social cognition is meant to examine the process of meaningful social interaction. Despite
the central involvement of language in this process, language has not received the focal …

The mutual influence of language and social cognition is a classic problem not only in social
psychology but also in human intellectual history. The theme is this: does language …

Abstract Language is an extremely complex phenomenon that can be viewed at multiple
levels. At its heart, however, it is social, and it is social in multiple ways. The acquisition of a …

At least since Aristotle, language has been seen as distinctively human in its complexity.
Ethologists have increased our appreciation of how other mammals—dolphins …

The importance of language is increasingly acknowledged within social psychology. In this
seminal book a group of distinguished authors goes beyond general theory to address, from …

Language use as a social strategy is reviewed and a new interdisciplinary taxonomy
developed. Four categories are suggested for using language: to get people to do things, to …

This interdisciplinary synthesis of the social psychological aspects of language use provides
an integrative and timely review of language as social action. The book successfully weaves …

Most of our interactions with others occur within the framework of recurring social situations,
and the language choices we make are intimately tied to situational features. Although the …

Historically, the social aspects of language use have been considered the domain of social
psychology, while the underlying psycholinguistic mechanisms have been the purview of …

Social psychologists have long had an interest in language, and any watcher of the current
social psychological scene will notice that what dominates is work on what is called social …