Magnus Gunnarsson

Group Decision-Making

Language and Interaction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The phrase 'group decision-making' may sound very formal and important, but group decision-making is really about people making arrangements to do things with other people. Two friends who meet on the street and decide to go for a pint later in the evening; a married couple choosing wallpaper for their living room; or a small football team making a decision not to participate in a regional tournament. Group decision-making is something that we all do every day we use language to make decisions with other people. But what do we actually do when we make decisions in groups? And what is a group decision? This doctoral dissertation investigates these questions using linguistic methods, focusing on interaction and language during group decision-making. Recordings of many different kinds of groups from city district committees to married couples are analyzed in detail. The dissertation also contains a detailed investigation of the concept of decision, a model for analyzing arguing in group decision-making, and a quantitative (corpus linguistic) study of the language of group decision-making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9783639220315
• ISBN-10: 3639220315
• Artikelnr.: 28022284

Autorenporträt

Magnus Gunnarsson is a linguist, research policy analyst and software engineer. His current position is at the Swedish Research Council.