Givon's new book re-casts pragmatics, and most conspicuously the pragmatics of sociality and communication, in neuro-cognitive, bio-adaptive, evolutionary terms
Animals live in a world of other minds, human and nonhuman, and their well-being and survival often depends on what is going on in the minds of these other crea
The cognitive and language sciences are increasingly oriented towards the social dimension of human cognition and communication. The hitherto dominant approach
We all take it for granted that we are typically in a position to know about the thoughts and feelings of other people. But we might naturally wonder how we acq
Most psychology research still assumes that mental processes are internal to the person, waiting to be expressed or activated. This compelling book illustrates