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The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology

W. Peter Robinson (Editor), Howard Giles (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-49096-8
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692 pages
June 2001
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About the Editors.

List of Contributors.

Prologue (W. Robinson).

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Language in Communication: Frames of Reference (W. Robinson).

Communication Accommodation Theory (C. Shepard, et al.).

Discrepancy Arousal Theory and Cognitive Valence Theory (L. Guerrero, et al.).

Expectancy Theories (J. Burgoon & M. Burgoon).

Discursive Social Psychology (J. Potter & D. Edwards).

Storytelling: The Power of Narrative Communication and Interpretation (Sunwolf & L. Frey).

Language Attitudes: Retrospect, Conspect, and Prospect (J. Bradac, et al.).

FACE TO FACE: STRUCTURES AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS.

Towards a Comprehensive Model of Non-Verbal Communication (M. Patterson).

Miscommunication and Communication Failure (C. Berger).

Conversation (B. Slugoski & D. Hilton).

Facework (C. MacMartin, et al.).

FACE TO FACE: SPECIAL FUNCTIONS.

Arguing (M. Billig).

Patronizing (M. Hummert & E. Ryan).

Deceiving (J. Tornqvist, et al.).

Accounting (R. Buttny & G. Morris).

Negotiating (S. Wilson, et al.).

Gossiping (N. Emler).

SOCIAL RELATIONS.

Politeness (T. Holtgraves).

Power (S. Ng & S. Reid).

Interpersonal Relations (E. Sahlstein & S. Duck).

The Observation of Marital Interaction (N. Roberts & P. Noller).

SOCIAL CATEGORIES.

Multilingual Communication (I. Sachdev & R. Bourhis).

A Layered Approach to Ethnicity, Language and Communication (M. Hecht, et al.).

Towards a Social Theory of Gender (L. Coates & T. Johnson).

Language, Ageing and Ageism (N. Coupland & J. Coupland).

APPLIED SETTINGS.

Second Language Mystery (R. Clement & R. Gardner).

Communication, Relationships and Health (M. Fitzpatrick & A. Vangelisti).

Language, Law and Power (W. O'Barr).

Active Patients as Powerful Communicators (R. Street).

Communication in Organizations: An Intergroup Perspective (J. Gardner, et al.).

Language and the Media: An Emerging Field for Social Psychology (P. Lunt & S. Livingstone).

Social Psychological Theories of Computer-Mediated Communication: Social Pain or Social Gain (R. Spears, et al.).

Epilogue: Jennifer Fortman and Howard Giles.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

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