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Nonverbal Cues as Linguistic Context: An Information-Processing View

Nonverbal Cues as Linguistic Context: An Information-Processing View COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES 3 e Nonverbal Cues as Linguistic Context: An Information­ Processing View JOSEPH P. FOLGER. W. GILL WOODALL University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. University of New Mexico-Albuquerque N concluding a recent work on Language and Perception, George Miller and Phillip Johnson-Laird (1976, p. 690) address those interested in studying how people process language when they caution that "a psychology of language should be psychological." Their point is that "if we hope to create something recognizable as a psychological theory of human language, psychological methods and principles should be applied in the same way they are applied to other mental and behavioral phenomena" (p. 691). For communication researchers the statement is a reminder that there are a considerable number of psychological principles emerging from research in cognitive psychology that can prove useful in providing information-processing explanations of communicative phenomena. If communication researchers tackle processing questions, these principles need to be in­ voked. Several communication theorists (Planalp & Hewes, 1981; Hewes & Planalp, in press) have offered integrative analyses of a wide variety of cognitive functions and information-processing principles to help explain fundamental social processes like the reduction of uncertainty in social encounters. Other researchers have demonstrated the utility http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of the International Communication Association Taylor & Francis

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COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES 3 e Nonverbal Cues as Linguistic Context: An Information­ Processing View JOSEPH P. FOLGER. W. GILL WOODALL University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. University of New Mexico-Albuquerque N concluding a recent work on Language and Perception, George Miller and Phillip Johnson-Laird (1976, p. 690) address those interested in studying how people process language when they caution that "a psychology of language should be psychological." Their point is...
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COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES 3 e Nonverbal Cues as Linguistic Context: An Information­ Processing View JOSEPH P. FOLGER. W. GILL WOODALL University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. University of New Mexico-Albuquerque N concluding a recent work on Language and Perception, George Miller and Phillip Johnson-Laird (1976, p. 690) address those interested in studying how people process language when they caution that "a psychology of language should be psychological." Their point is that "if we hope to create something recognizable as a psychological theory of human language, psychological methods and principles should be applied in the same way they are applied to other mental and behavioral phenomena" (p. 691). For communication researchers the statement is a reminder that there are a considerable number of psychological principles emerging from research in cognitive psychology that can prove useful in providing information-processing explanations of communicative phenomena. If communication researchers tackle processing questions, these principles need to be in­ voked. Several communication theorists (Planalp & Hewes, 1981; Hewes & Planalp, in press) have offered integrative analyses of a wide variety of cognitive functions and information-processing principles to help explain fundamental social processes like the reduction of uncertainty in social encounters. Other researchers have demonstrated the utility

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Published: Jan 1, 1982

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