Pragmatic Perspective

The pragmatic perspective says that communication is a system of interlocking, interdependant behaviors that become patterned over time. Scholars believe that when we communicate we are playing a game with the other person. We play this game by making moves based on what the other person says. There are plenty of ways of communicating that are like a game. For example i would consider negotiating a game. An initial offer is made and then the game begins. Both people attempt to get to a solution that they feel favors them more. Even arguing is another way that communication is like a game. I feel that relating communication to a game is safe because there are many aspects of competition that takes place through communication. Even when athletes are trash talking they are playing head games with thier opponents. A person is using communication to take another person out of there comfort zone. The ways that communication is not like a game is that there are no rules. Granted there are some unwritten rules when communicating but there are no enforcers when communicating with others. As I am writing more aboutt this I think that the comparisson of communication to a game is ridiculous. I can come up with a ton of things that are like games. People are always considering life a game, dealing with the opposite sex a game, business a game, and plenty of other things that are related back to a game.

2). Consider the pragmatic perspective. Does it make sense to think of communication as patterned interaction? How is communication like a game? How is it different from a game?