Communication, strategic action in context
By: Beth Haslett.
Series: Communication; Communication (Hillsdale, N.J.)
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Hillsdale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Communication; Pragmatics
Description: This book attempts to outline a descriptively adequate basis for the study of human communication. It does so by advocating a pragmatic approach to communication, an approach based on the study of language use in context. This approach provides a basis for integrating the study of verbal communication across diverse settings, tasks, and participants. In addition, this approach may provide a basis for studying nonverbal communication as well ... -- from Preface (p. xi).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-275) and indexes.