Handbook of Interpersonal Communication

ISBN-13: 9783110188301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 658 str.

Gerd Antos; Karlfried Knapp

Opis

In todays globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a 'problem-solving' approach to the various issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. The editors have brought together experts from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, psychology and anthropology, to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the field, whilst simultaneously anchoring it in applied linguistics. Key features:

• provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of intercultural communication
• presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field
• offers solutions of everyday language-related problems
• international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field

Recenzje

"Damit umfasst das Handbuch eine große Bandbreite von Forschungsansätzen und -themen, die von namhaften Lingustinnen und Linguisten einführend und vertiefend dargestellt werden."
Katja Reinecke in: Info DaF 37.2-3/2010

Spis treści

I. Theories, methods, and tools of interpersonal communication research
1. Introduction: Interpersonal communication- a linguistic point of view
Eija Ventola & Gerd Antos

2. Social psychology and personal relationships: Accommodation and relational influence across time and context
Margaret J. Pitts & Howard Giles

3. Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis
Johannes Wagner & Dennis Day

4. Interactional sociolinguistics/ anthropological linguistics
Susanne Günthner

5. Interactional linguistics
Dagmar Barth-Weingarten

6. Systemic functional linguistcs
Geoff Thompson

7. Functional pragmatics
Angelika Redder

8. Methods and tools in interpersonal communication research: Data and transcription
Arnulf Deppermann & Wilfried Schütte

II. Linguistic and multisemiotic resources and their interplay in managing interpersonal communication
9. Linguistic resources for managing interaction
Margret Selting

10. Dynamic processing of discourse
Barbara Fox

11. Face-to-face communication and body language
Paul Thibault

12. Technically mediated interpersonal communication
Caja Thimm

13. Feeling space: Interpersonal communications and spatial semiotics
Louise Ravelli & Maree Stenglin

III. Interpersonal communication on-track and off-track
14. Socializing: Social chats in everyday communication
Tilo Weber

15. Counselling, diagnostics and therapy
Peter Muntigl

16. Adolescents, discourse and interpersonal management
Jannis Androutsopoulos & Alexandra Georgakopoulou

17. Discourses with and between seniors (Arbeitstitel)
Anna-Maija Korpijaakko Huuhka & Anu Klippi

IV. Working on conversational strategies
18. Relational work: Politeness and identity construction
Miriam Locher

19. Humour, jokes and irony, mocking, gossip; black humour
Alexander Brock

20. Praising and blaming, applauding, and disparaging - solidarity, audience positioning, and the linguistics of evaluative disposition
Peter R. R. White

21. Silence and taboo
Hartmut Schröder & Sabine Krajewski

O autorze

Gerd Antos, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Eija Ventola, University of Helsinki, Finland.