Misunderstandings

What do we expect when we say something to someone, and what do they expect when they hear it? When is a conversation successful? The book considers a wide set of two-person conversations, and a bit of game theory, to show how conversational statements and their interpretations are governed by belie...

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Hovedforfatter: Weizsäcker, Georg
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Udgivet: Open Book Publishers 2023
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description What do we expect when we say something to someone, and what do they expect when they hear it? When is a conversation successful? The book considers a wide set of two-person conversations, and a bit of game theory, to show how conversational statements and their interpretations are governed by beliefs. Thinking about beliefs is suitable for communication analysis because beliefs are well-defined and measurable, allowing to differentiate between successful understandings and their less successful counterparts: misunderstandings. The book describes the theoretical framework and empirical measurements of misunderstandings – written by an economist, but in simple words and using interdisciplinary concepts. The material will benefit students and researchers of behavioural economics and its neighbouring fields, and anyone interested in human language.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1224412025-03-28T10:30:19Z Misunderstandings Weizsäcker, Georg Conversational Expectations;Successful Communication;Game Theory;Misunderstandings;Language and Human Interaction;Behavioral Economics What do we expect when we say something to someone, and what do they expect when they hear it? When is a conversation successful? The book considers a wide set of two-person conversations, and a bit of game theory, to show how conversational statements and their interpretations are governed by beliefs. Thinking about beliefs is suitable for communication analysis because beliefs are well-defined and measurable, allowing to differentiate between successful understandings and their less successful counterparts: misunderstandings. The book describes the theoretical framework and empirical measurements of misunderstandings – written by an economist, but in simple words and using interdisciplinary concepts. The material will benefit students and researchers of behavioural economics and its neighbouring fields, and anyone interested in human language. 2023-11-17T10:24:43Z 2023-11-17T10:24:43Z 2023-11-08T14:45:50Z 2023 book OCN: 1408804092 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/79414 9781800648814 9781783740512 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/122441 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79414/1/9781805111382.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79414/1/9781805111382.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79414/1/9781805111382.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79414/1/9781805111382.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0367 10.11647/OBP.0367 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 9781800648814 9781783740512 ScholarLed DFG - German Research Foundation 136 Cambridge open access
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Misunderstandings
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