Traditional mechanistic accounts of language processing derive almost entirely from the
study of monologue. Yet, the most natural and basic form of language use is dialogue. As a …

To communicate effectively, people must have a reasonably accurate idea about what
specific other people know. An obvious starting point for building a model of what another …

In this chapter, I provide argument and evidence that the scope of people's ignorance is
often invisible to them. This meta-ignorance (or ignorance of ignorance) arises because lack …

Teun van Dijk is one of the founders of Critical Discourse Studies and this collection brings
together some of his most important writing, framed by new introductory material. He …

Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) is an umbrella concept used to emphasize what
elevates and what is inspiring to individuals and organizations by defining and improving on …

Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory offers a comprehensive, systematic
presentation of the interdisciplinary decision-making process by drawing on student and …

Successful negotiation of everyday life would seem to require people to possess insight
about deficiencies in their intellectual and social skills. However, people tend to be blissfully …

This paper proposes that maintaining “mutual knowledge” is a central problem of
geographically dispersed collaboration and traces the consequences of failure to do so. It …

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to
interdisciplinary studies with an approach that is conceptual and practical. Completely …

Robots increasingly have the potential to interact with people in daily life. It is believed that,
based on this ability, they will play an essential role in human society in the not-so-distant …