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<DIV><FONT size=2>Although the 'cognitive approach' to discourse process and
comprehension had always made sense to me as a sociologist who looked mostly at
media discourses on ethnicity, there is not much literature I found in
sociological literature on the subject. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Apart from social psychology ( e.g. Martha Augoustinos and
Iain Walker's Social Cognition) and the new-institutional theory in
organisational sociology ( e.g. Paul DiMaggio; John Scott and others), there is
very little to be found on theory of social cognition - a sociology
of perception and mind - in modern sociology with a direct reference to
cognitive theory. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have recenetly come across a book by Havard sociologist,
Eviatar Zerubavel ( Social Mindscapes - An inivitation to cognitive sociology)
which I would warmly suggest to the students of inter-disciplinary,
critical discourse analysis.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Best Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Mustafa Hussain, MPhil., sociologist</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>External Lecturer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dept. of Social Science</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>University of Roskilde, Denmark. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>