Talking cognition: mapping and making the terrain

For the first time some of the world's experts on interaction analysis have been brought together to consider the nature and role of cognition, and the focus is not on language as it is traditionally understood but rather on talk or, even more specifically, on talk-in-interaction.

Abstract

This book addresses issues of conversation and cognition. For the first time some of the world's experts on interaction analysis have been brought together to consider the nature and role of cognition. They address the question of what part, if any, cognitive entities should play in the analysis of interaction. They develop different answers. Some are consistent with current thinking in cognitive psychology and cognitive science; others are more critical, questioning the idea that cognition is the obvious and necessary start point for the study of human action.