Handbook of interpersonal communication / edited by Gerd Antos and Eija Ventola ; in cooperation with Tilo Weber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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-

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Interpersonal Communication -- linguistic points of view -- I. Theories, methods, and tools of Interpersonal Communication research -- 2. Social Psychology and personal relationships: Accommodation and relational influence across time and contexts -- 3. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis -- 4. Interactional Sociolinguistics -- 5. Interactional Linguistics -- 6. Systemic Functional Linguistics: An interpersonal perspective -- 7. Functional Pragmatics -- 8. Data and transcription -- II. Linguistic and multisemiotic resources and their interplay in managing Interpersonal Communication -- 9. Linguistic resources for the management of interaction -- 10. Dynamics of discourse -- 11. Face-to-face communication and body language -- 12. Technically-mediated interpersonal communication -- 13. Feeling space: Interpersonal communication and spatial semiotics -- III. Interpersonal Communication on-track and off-track -- 14. Everyday communication and socializing -- 15. Counseling, diagnostics, and therapy -- 16. Youth, discourse, and interpersonal management -- 17. Language and discourse skills of elderly people -- IV. Working on conversational strategies -- 18. Relational work, politeness, and identity construction -- 19. Humor, jokes, and irony versus mocking, gossip, and black humor -- 20. Praising and blaming, applauding, and disparaging -- solidarity, audience positioning, and the linguistics of evaluative disposition -- 21. Silence and taboo -- Backmatter.

In English.

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