Handbook of interpersonal communication /

In todays globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a 'problem-solving' approach to the various issues that arise...

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Other Authors: Antos, Gerd, Ventola, Eija, Weber, Tilo, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, DE : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008.
Series:Handbooks of applied linguistics ; v. 2.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction: Interpersonal Communication
  • linguistic points of view
  • I. Theories, methods, and tools of Interpersonal Communication research
  • 2. Social Psychology and personal relationships: Accommodation and relational influence across time and contexts
  • 3. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
  • 4. Interactional Sociolinguistics
  • 5. Interactional Linguistics
  • 6. Systemic Functional Linguistics: An interpersonal perspective
  • 7. Functional Pragmatics
  • 8. Data and transcription
  • II. Linguistic and multisemiotic resources and their interplay in managing Interpersonal Communication
  • 9. Linguistic resources for the management of interaction
  • 10. Dynamics of discourse
  • 11. Face-to-face communication and body language
  • 12. Technically-mediated interpersonal communication
  • 13. Feeling space: Interpersonal communication and spatial semiotics
  • III. Interpersonal Communication on-track and off-track
  • 14. Everyday communication and socializing
  • 15. Counseling, diagnostics, and therapy
  • 16. Youth, discourse, and interpersonal management
  • 17. Language and discourse skills of elderly people
  • IV. Working on conversational strategies
  • 18. Relational work, politeness, and identity construction
  • 19. Humor, jokes, and irony versus mocking, gossip, and black humor
  • 20. Praising and blaming, applauding, and disparaging
  • solidarity, audience positioning, and the linguistics of evaluative disposition
  • 21. Silence and taboo
  • Backmatter.