Offering a focus on the development of human communication, this book integrates and synthesizes an array of research. As such, it incorporates materials dealing with the development of nonverbal communication, language and cognition, and examines how they are integrated in the growing child's everyday interaction. This information is distilled into a set of key principles and practices - culled from a variety of fields including developmental and social psychology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and communication - for parents or adults interested in child development. While this book...

Offering a direct sightline into communication theory, Explaining Communication provides in-depth discussions of communication theories by some of the foremost scholars working in communication today. With contributions from the original theorists and scholars known for their work in specific theoretical perspectives, this distinctive text breaks new ground in giving these scholars the opportunity to address students firsthand, speaking directly to the coming generations of communication scholars.

Covering a wide range of interpersonal communication theories, the scope of this...

Offering a direct sightline into communication theory, Explaining Communication provides in-depth discussions of communication theories by some of the foremost scholars working in communication today. With contributions from the original theorists and scholars known for their work in specific theoretical perspectives, this distinctive text breaks new ground in giving these scholars the opportunity to address students firsthand, speaking directly to the coming generations of communication scholars.

Covering a wide range of interpersonal communication theories, the scope of this...