I: The Translation of Human Events; 1: Communication: The Context of Change; 2: The Mathematics of Communication; 3: Feedback; 4: A Transactional Model of Communication; 5: Social Perception and Appraisal; 6: Some Tentative Axioms of Communication; II: The Symbolic Significance of Behavior; 7: Social Interaction in Everyday Life; 8: The Nature of Symbolic Interactions; 9: Symbolic Strategies; 10: Facial Engagements; 11: When People Talk With People; 12: Language Within Language; 13: Communication Without Words; 14: Defensive Communication; III: The Structure of Communicative Acts; 15: Communication Boundaries; 16: Turn-Taking in Conversations; 17: Visual Behavior In Social Interaction; 18: Hand Movements; 19: The Significance of Posture in Communication Systems; 20: Communicative Silences: Forms and Functions; IV: The Intersubjectivity of Understanding; 21: Understanding Ourselves; 22: Interaction and Interexperience in Dyads; 23: Intersubjectvity and Understanding; 24: Elements of the Interhuman 1; V: The Environment of Communication; 25: Communication: The Flow of Information; 26: The Medium Is The Message; 27: Intercultural Communication; 28: Adumbration As a Feature of Intercultural Communication; 29: Man At The Mercy of Language; Postscript