Situated talking

In ecological psychology language use is not about inferring pre-existing meaning in the mind of speaker, but it tied to a practical process adapting environment shared with others. A tension such processual account appears when we notice that affordances, i.e. possibilities for action offers, are often considered meaningful prior activities any particular organism. this paper start from affordances as temporally constituted: they processes set up conditions their own continuation by inviting individuals participate them. We explore contribution talking process. By looking closely at three examples situated real-life practice making an architectural art installation, show how has double ‘situated-situating’ character. our observations see utterances invited ongoing process: situated. It establishes continuity between unfolded earlier and those unfolding now. Doing so, also situating: achieves past present so future enabled continue further. running different threads together, can contribute determining affordance larger timescale. Talking skillfully thus concurrently bring multiple across timescales closer enactment. The suggests thinking inextricably bound way, opens wide range distinctively human activities.