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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145746403321

Autore

Robinson W. Peter

Titolo

Language in Social Worlds [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007

ISBN

1-281-32249-0

9786611322496

0-470-70028-9

0-470-75345-5

0-470-75197-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

400

410

Soggetti

Communication

Human behavior

Language and languages

Sociolinguistics

Language / Linguistics

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Language in Social Worlds; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Contextual Framework for Social Psychology of Language in Communication: Aims and Issues; 2 Language in and out of Context: Structure and Substance; 3 Functions of Language; 4 Non-Verbal Communication (NVC) in Non-Human Creatures; 5 Human Non-Verbal Communication; 6 Encounter Regulation and Conversation; 7 Regulation of States and Behavior of Self and Others; 8 Regulation and Marking of Social Relationships: Shaking Hands, Terms of Address and Reference, and Being Polite

9 Marking of States, Identities, and Settings: Issues10 Marking of States, Identities, and Settings: Data and their Interpretation; 11 The



Representational Function (F7); 12 Mass-Mediated Communication: Spirals of Spin and Broken Swords of Truth; 13 Representation and Regulation: Their Relevance to Social Class; 14 Five Theories and a Representation-as- Default Thesis; 15 Retrospect and Prospect; References; Name Index; Subject Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first text on language in communication written from a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.