While the idea of a 'concept'has been defined in diverse ways, researchers in the cognitive
science of language have largely agreed that linguistic concepts are objects, whether …

The quality of healthcare communication can impact both experiences and outcomes. We
highlight aspects of communication that can be systematically examined using Conversation …

Occasionalisms, ie, non-lexicalized ad-hoc-expressions that are coined for a specific
occasion, are a recurrent phenomenon in verbal interactions. Even though recipients have …

A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language:
the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention. Language …

Client participation is not only about deciding on one's own treatment, but it may also be
conceived more generally as the right of the client to influence the planning and …

Police negotiators respond to crisis and high-risk situations including mental health crises,
but little is known about the nature, frequency and characteristics of these events. This …

This paper explores how police negotiators offer “help” to suicidal persons in crisis. The
phrase “a cry for help” is long associated with suicide ideation, and “help” is a key offer …

The multimodal conversation analysis in this paper shows how an au pair and a mother use
several turns consisting of various bodily and multilingual elements to persuade a 5-year-old …

People resist various kinds of imposition, which can be ranged along a gradient—
impositions from those heavily entitled to make them, along to those where the matter is …

In this article, I describe how psychologists who work with language—in particular, naturally
occurring social interaction—can develop evidence-based communication training for …