02731nam 2200601 a 450 991081067130332120240516220648.01-322-41759-80-7619-1657-11-4522-6257-8(CKB)2550000000105334(EBL)996545(OCoLC)809772124(SSID)ssj0000675439(PQKBManifestationID)12246781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675439(PQKBWorkID)10669297(PQKB)10125166(MiAaPQ)EBC996545(OCoLC)1007859874(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063562(EXLCZ)99255000000010533420120315d2002 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe changing conversation in America lectures from the Smithsonian /William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson, editors1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. ;London SAGEc20021 online resource (165 p.)Papers based on lectures delivered as part of a lecture series titled Conversation in America, and presented at the Smithsonian Institution.1-4522-2919-8 0-7619-1658-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 ContributorsBased 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.Conversation analysisUnited StatesDiscourse analysisUnited StatesCommunicationUnited StatesConversation analysisDiscourse analysisCommunication302.346Eadie William F1621826Nelson Paul E(Paul Edward),1941-1621827StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910810671303321The changing conversation in America3955311UNINA