What Are the Two General Approaches to Mapping the Brain

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What are the two general approaches to mapping the brain?

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Definitions:

Utterances

In conversation analysis, units of speech preceded by silence and followed either by silence or by another person speaking.

Conversation Analysis

A methodology for studying the structure and pattern of communication in everyday conversations.

Dominant Message

The primary or most prominent message communicated to an audience, typically intended to influence or inform.

Phatic Function

One of Jakobson’s semiotic functions. Keeps participants in communication “on track” by establishing how communication will take place.