Understanding Face-to-face Interaction by Karen Tracy
Challenging current work in communication and social psychology that assumes face-to-face interaction can be adequately understood without attending to discourse expression, this volume examines how people's goals, concerns, and intentions can be related to discourse expression. The text discusses discourse-goal linkages in specific face-to-face encounters such as courtroom exchanges, marital counseling, and intellectual discussions, as well as in more general theoretical dilemmas. Because it poses a new set of questions about social actors' motivations and pre-interactional goals, this volume offers a new direction for discourse study -- one that seriously considers the thinking and strategy involved in human communication.
"Good conversational analysis...provides a number of useful insights into speech and social motivation."
—Journal of Linguistic Anthroplogy
"Tracy assembles an impressive collection of scholarship that challenges the foundation of both communication and psychology."
—Contemporary Psychology
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805805383 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805805389 |
| Title | Understanding Face-to-face Interaction |
| Author | Karen Tracy |
| Series | Routledge Communication Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 1991-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 218 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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