Tag: linguistics

Language and Logic: Deconstructing Political Discourse (I)

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, COMMUNICATION, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, Negotiations, Presentations, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, Translation English, Written Communication

Why does language matter?  Why is it important and beneficial for people to have very good language skills? Postmodern culture theorists will tell you all notions are socially constructed, and that language is used not only to reflect, but also to co-create realities.  In a sense, all reality is textual:  it depends itself on language … Continue reading Language and Logic: Deconstructing Political Discourse (I) →

Advertisement

Language and Cognition – Can Linguistic Choices Lead to “Bad Thinking”?

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in COMMUNICATION, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, Psychology, Speech Communication

Words are have impact. Let us start with this axiom. A word is a powerful tool. And powerful tools can be both excellent friends and formidable enemies. The language we use and our own intra/interpersonal communication style impact how we experience and interpret our world and our life. They might even end up defining how … Continue reading Language and Cognition – Can Linguistic Choices Lead to “Bad Thinking”? →

Meaning Revisited

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, COMMUNICATION, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, Negotiations, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, Translation English, Written Communication

So how do we make sense of words, sentences and texts? How are we able to decipher discourse and take part in conversation? What are the required elements of meaning and how are they glued together? Words usually have both a conceptual meaning (their literal definition in a dictionary, the reference they point to in … Continue reading Meaning Revisited →