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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779230503321

Titolo

The changing conversation in America [[electronic resource] ] : lectures from the Smithsonian / / William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2002

ISBN

1-322-41759-8

0-7619-1657-1

1-4522-6257-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EadieWilliam F

NelsonPaul E <1941-> (Paul Edward)

Disciplina

302.346

Soggetti

Conversation analysis - United States

Discourse analysis - United States

Communication - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers based on lectures delivered as part of a lecture series titled Conversation in America, and presented at the Smithsonian Institution.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 - Conversation in America; 2 - Toward a National Conversation About Public Issues; 3 - The Declaration of Independence in the Rhetoric of American Politics; 4 - Some Distinctive Features of U.S. American Conversation; 5 - Language and Agency in the Transformation of American Identity; 6 - New Communication Technology and the Changing Nature of Conversation; 7 - Political Conversation; 8 - Changing Relationships, Changing Conversations; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a series of public lecturers sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates and the National Communication Association, this book provides insight into concerns that conversation is changing in negative ways in the United States, both on an interpersonal level and on a national level.