The changing conversation in America
Subtitle: lectures from the Smithsonian
By: William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson, editors.
Contributors: Eadie, William F.; Nelson, Paul E. 1941-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Conversation analysis -- United States.; Discourse analysis -- United States.; Communication -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Papers based on lectures delivered as part of a lecture series  titled Conversation in America, and presented at the Smithsonian Institution.
Table of contents: title: Conversation in America : changing rules, hidden dimensions / William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson; title: Toward a national conversation about public issues / W. Barnett Pearce; title: The Declaration of Independence in the rhetoric of American politics / Stephen E. Lucas; title: Some distinctive features of American conversation / Donal Carbaugh; title: Language and agency in the transformation of American identity / Molefi Kete Asante; title: New communication technology and the changing nature of conversation / Everett M. Rogers and William B. Hart; title: Political conversation : a distortion / Roderick P. Hart, Jr.; title: Changing relationships, changing conversations / Julia T. Wood.