The Social and Psychological Contexts of Language / Edition 1

by R. N. St. Clalr, H. Giles

Overview

Published in the year 1982, The Social and Psychological Contexts of Language is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898590210
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/1982
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

R. N. St. Clalr, H. Giles

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1: The Contexts of Language; 2: The Social Significance of Speech in the Job Interview; 3: The Influence of Patients' Speech upon Doctors: The Diagnostic Interview; 4: Interpersonal Attraction and Verbal Behavior in the Initial Interview; 5: The Unconscious Element in Intercultural Communication; 6: Graduates of Early Immersion: Retrospective Views of Grade 11 Students and Their Parents; 7: Lexical Variations in Intensity, Immediacy, and Diversity: An Axiomatic Theory and Causal Model; 8: The Functions of Nonverbal Signs in Conversation; 9: Person-Centered Speech, Psychological Development, and the Contexts of Language Usage; 10: Sociolinguistics: A Social Psychological Perspective