Language As Social Action
Subtitle: Social Psychology and Language Use
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780805831405
Subjects: Communication Studies; Psycholinguistics; Social, group or collective psychology; Psychology; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines; Speech acts (Linguistics); Social Psychology; Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology; Interpersonal communication; Communication; Conversation analysis
Description: "This volume should serve as a valuable resource for students and researchers in social psychology and communication who want a clear and thorough presentation of the linguistic underpinnings of social interaction, and for cognitive psychologists and other language researchers who want a clear and thorough presentation of the social psychological underpinnings of language use.

Although this book is relevant for a variety of disciplines, it is written in a clear and straightforward style that will be accessible for readers regardless of their orientation." "Topics covered include speech act theory and indirect speech acts, politeness and the interpersonal determinants of language, language and impression management and person perception, conversational structure, perspective taking, and language and social thought."--BOOK JACKET.