COGNITIVE MODELS OF COMMUNICATION

COGNITIVE MODELS OF COMMUNICATION

Author:  Beliaevskaya Elena G.

Affiliation:  Moscow State Linguistic University

Abstract:  Communication is viewed as a two-level construction with the semantic level containing the information to be conveyed in the process of communication and the deep-structure level formed be the conceptual structures (frames) of different degrees of complexity. Cognitive (framework) models of communication - basic, interpretative, and modifying - are singled out and described. Construal of complex conceptual structures underling the process of communication is discussed.

Keywords:  communication  ◆  frame  ◆  dialogue  ◆  oral communication  ◆  written communication  ◆  conceptual basis underlying meaning  ◆  conceptual structures  ◆  frame focus

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Pages:  32-40