Category: Pragmatics
Where Communication “Experts” Fail…
June 19th, 2009, 3 Comments
Communication Con-Men. How can you tell if they are really an expert?
ARE THEY AN EXPERT OR NOT?
This is a touchy subject as you can imagine… Why? Because I am going to blow the lid off of the communication, sales, relationship and persuasion industries by saying what I am about to say. Now let me forewarn [...]
David J. Parnell’s Crash Course On Linguistic Presuppositions | Part 3 of 3 | Usage Of Presuppositions In Everyday Language
March 10th, 2009, No Comments
Today we are going to finish our Crash Course on Linguistic Presuppositions. To this point we have covered what Presuppositions are, where they come from and the different areas in which they are categorized. In this last post we are going to talk about some of the ways in which Presuppositions can be used and [...]
David J. Parnell’s Crash Course On Linguistic Presuppositions | Part 2 of 3 | Presuppositional Categories
March 6th, 2009, No Comments
Yesterday we broke into presuppositions by defining the phrase and talking a bit about what they are. Today we are going to create a sharper focus and talk about the categories that presupposition can be broken up into. While we do this, we can also talk about what exactly they “DO” to the mind of [...]
David J. Parnell’s Crash Course On Linguistic Presuppositions | Part 1 of 3 | Introduction To Presupposition
March 6th, 2009, No Comments
Paul Grice is a Communication Expert and a strong contributor to the field of pragmatics
In the field of professional communication, one of the most important skills that someone can have as a communication expert is the ability to artfully and covertly steer a conversation in what ever direction they determine is necessary to achieve their [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Series on Questioning Strategy | Part 5 of 5 | Classification Usage.
February 28th, 2009, No Comments
How to best use each questioning strategy classification can be challenging, but is necessary for effective communication
Today we finish our 5 part post on questioning strategy and how it integrates into effective communication, so let’s get right into it…
Leading – I would have to say that the Socratic style of questions is the most well [...]
