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Framing-effects approach: A theoretical and methodological critique

The article deals with research on framing effects. First, I will start with classifying different approaches on framing...

Keywords: frame, framing, schema, cognition, media effects

12/2004 | Communications, Walter de Gruyter

Systems approaches and communication research. The age of entropy

This essay examines the contemporary approaches to systems theory, the strengths and limitations of these approaches, and how communication researchers can apply them creatively...

Keywords: autopoiesis, cognition, communications research, dependent coarising, dissipative structures theory, living systems theories, social entropy theory

03/2007 | Communications, Walter de Gruyter

Relevance theory and politeness

The aim of this paper is to open up for debate the question of whether Sperber and Wilson's (1995 [1986]) relevance theory can usefully inform politeness research...

Keywords: Inferential communication, utterance interpretation, pragmatics, cognition, social context

07/2007 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter

The contribution of G. W. Leibniz's ‘cognitio symbolica’ theory to current debates on knowledge and communication management

The aim of this paper is to clarify the concepts of knowledge to develop a better theoretical understanding based on one of the eldest semiotic insights from one unfortunately often forgotten philosopher of modern semiotic: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)...

Keywords: cognitio symbolica, cognition, Knowledge management, knowledge creation, knowledge communication, knowledge hierarchy

02/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter

Upper Paleolithic art, autism, and cognitive style: Implications for the evolution of language

The exquisite quality of the Upper Paleolithic paintings is brought into relation with the artistic talents of the autistic savant...

Keywords: Language evolution, Paleolithic art, autism, savant syndrome, cognition, sign categories

09/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter