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  • 5 - Identifying Cognitive Depth

  • Thora Tenbrink, Bangor University
  • Book:
    Cognitive Discourse Analysis
    Published online:
    23 January 2020
    Print publication:
    13 February 2020, pp 117-141

  • Summary

    Chapter 5 turns to cognitive depth, another aspect of our thinking that is regularly reflected in the way we formulate our thoughts. On the one hand, we can think things through, and formulate them in language, in much detail, or we can remain on the surface, sticking to the mere essentials. A focus on granularity patterns in linguistic analysis therefore provides insights into the speaker’s conceptualisations relative to a situation context, aspects attended to in depth, and diversity between individuals and types of situations. On the other hand, we can be more or less certain about what we describe, reflecting our expertise or the uncertainty of the subject matter itself. Variability in certainty adds a dimension of reliability to the speaker’s contribution, which is decisive for assessing the status of relevant concepts. Both aspects, granularity and certainty, work together, as experts will often be able to look into things in much more depth than novices – but on the other hand they don’t always need to, as they quickly recognise patterns that they’ve come across before.

  • Off-Target Verbosity and Talkativeness in Elderly People

  • Dolores Pushkar Gold, David Andres, Tannis Arbuckle, Connie Zieren
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement / Volume 12 / Issue 1 / Spring/printemps 1993
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 November 2010, pp. 67-77

  • This study examined whether off-target verbosity should be conceptualized as a distinct process from high levels of talkativeness in every day social situations. The relationship of age to these speech styles was also determined. The responses of 125 community-based elderly adults to a life-history interview were independently rated by two research assistants for the frequency and extent of off-target verbosity. The participant's activities in daily life, including talkativeness, were independently rated by the participants themselves, 125 similar-aged peers and 10 professional workers acquainted with the participants. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a model postulating off-target verbosity and talkativeness as two largely independent latent factors. Age was associated with the verbosity factor. The results were interpreted as indicating that off-target verbosity cannot be explained by the same processes that underlie social talkativeness. Possible mechanisms of the verbosity factor were discussed.