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Social Meanings of Language, Dialect and Accent
International Perspectives on Speech Styles
Av Howard Giles, Bernadette M. Watson
Häftad, 2012
453 kr
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This volume represents a unique contribution to the area of language attitudes research with its focus on how languages, dialects and accents induce us to form social judgments about people who use these forms.The essays attend to evaluations of speech styles across nations. No previous work has …
Intergroup Communication
Multiple Perspectives
Häftad, 2006
320 kr
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This collection of original essays by leading international scholars provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of intergroup communication. In Intergroup Communication: Multiple Perspectives, contributors address the key themes in intergroup communication and describe the way communication …
Talking Adolescence
Perspectives on Communication in the Teenage Years
Av Angie Williams, Crispin Thurlow
Häftad, 2005
419 kr
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As a major economic, relational, and identity resource, communication is crucial to the well-being and success of young people. And yet adolescents are typically characterized in the media as inadequate communicators, whose language practices adults bemoan as unintelligible and deleterious. In …
Dynamics of Intergroup Communication
Av Howard Giles, Scott Reid m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
453 kr
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The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication provides a timely and comprehensive review of work at the intersection of intergroup relations and communication. Chapters written by experts in the field overview current research and present directions for the future. The book is divided into sections …
Motivation and Second Language Acquisition
The Socio-Educational Model
Inbunden, 2010
980 kr
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Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. This approach to understanding motivational variables that promote success in the learning of a second or foreign language – distinguishing between …
Feedback
The Communication of Praise, Criticism, and Advice
Av Robbie M. Sutton, Matthew J. Hornsey m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
410 kr
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This is the first book devoted to the multidisciplinary study of feedback. It presents a comprehensive, evidence-based review of the make-or-break factors that determine the efficacy of criticism, praise, and advice. Its sections deal with fundamental processes of feedback; the problems associated …
Deliberative Communication and Ethnopolitical Conflict
Inbunden, 2012
1040 kr
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Examining the close relationship between principles of deliberative democracy, communication, and conflict resolution, this book argues that the nature of deliberative processes is underappreciated for conflict resolution in ethnopolitically divided societies, and that the communicative nature of …
Positive Side of Interpersonal Communication
Av Thomas Socha, Margaret J. Pitts
Häftad, 2012
471 kr
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Building on past research that includes prosocial-antisocial communication, positive psychology, as well as complementing the dark side of interpersonal communication, this groundbreaking volume brings together veteran interpersonal communication scholars to examine the bright, positive sides of …
Gender at Work
A Social Psychological Perspective
Av Melanie C. Steffens, Ma. Àngels Viladot
Häftad, 2015
453 kr
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While many women receive equal education, such equality is nowhere in sight when it comes to women’s and men’s career success: men still earn significantly more than women and are more likely to be promoted. In this book, the authors offer a state of the art review of applied social-psychological …
Advances in Intergroup Communication
Häftad, 2016
536 kr
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Advances in Intergroup Communication is a timely contribution to the field. It reflects developments in older, more established intergroup settings (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, organizations) whilst introducing newer studies such as the military and political parties. It also pays attention …
Advances in Intergroup Communication
Inbunden, 2016
1915 kr
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Advances in Intergroup Communication is a timely contribution to the field. It reflects developments in older, more established intergroup settings (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, organizations) whilst introducing newer studies such as the military and political parties. It also pays attention …
Conversing with Cancer
How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions
Av Lisa Sparks, Anna Leahy m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
446 kr
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With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers. Each person whose life is affected by a cancer diagnosis—patient, …
Conversing with Cancer
How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions
Av Lisa Sparks, Anna Leahy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1057 kr
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With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers. Each person whose life is affected by a cancer diagnosis—patient, …
Up to Date
Communication and Technology in Romantic Relationships
Av Stephanie Tom Tong, Brandon Van Der Heide m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1081 kr
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Winner of the Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award (2022) and the NCA Outstanding Book Award from the Human Communication and Technology Division (2025). In Up to Date, Tong and Van Der Heide explore the spicy, unsettling—and sometimes just exhausting—universe of online romance. As dating platforms …
Up to Date
Communication and Technology in Romantic Relationships
Av Stephanie Tom Tong, Brandon Van Der Heide m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
402 kr
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Winner of the Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award (2022) and the NCA Outstanding Book Award from the Human Communication and Technology Division (2025). In Up to Date, Tong and Van Der Heide explore the spicy, unsettling—and sometimes just exhausting—universe of online romance. As dating platforms …
Creating Understanding
How Communicating Aligns Minds
Av Jessica Gasiorek, R. Kelly Aune m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1179 kr
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Winner of the Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award (2022). What, exactly, is understanding? And how do people create, maintain, and manipulate states of understanding via communication? This book addresses these questions, drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship in cognitive science, communication, …
Creating Understanding
How Communicating Aligns Minds
Av Jessica Gasiorek, R. Kelly Aune m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
448 kr
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Winner of the Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award (2022). What, exactly, is understanding? And how do people create, maintain, and manipulate states of understanding via communication? This book addresses these questions, drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship in cognitive science, communication, …
Health Communication, Language, and Social Action across the Life Span
Av Carla Fisher, Craig Fowler m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
472 kr
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The language utilized within health communication encounters has a direct influence on our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In many ways, the difficulties associated with efficient, effective, and competent communication within the health care context can be the major determinant of …
Health Communication, Language, and Social Action across the Life Span
Av Carla Fisher, Craig Fowler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1210 kr
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The language utilized within health communication encounters has a direct influence on our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In many ways, the difficulties associated with efficient, effective, and competent communication within the health care context can be the major determinant of …
Race Talk in Institutional Settings
A Language and Social Interaction Perspective
Av Natasha Shrikant, Francesca Williamson
Häftad, 2026
414 kr
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Language and social interaction scholars have increasingly explored the consequentiality of language use for the production and reproduction of race, racialization, and racism. This timely book proposes a race talk framework that enables researchers to explore how people treat race as an ongoing …
Race Talk in Institutional Settings
A Language and Social Interaction Perspective
Av Natasha Shrikant, Francesca Williamson
Inbunden, 2026
1089 kr
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Language and social interaction scholars have increasingly explored the consequentiality of language use for the production and reproduction of race, racialization, and racism. This timely book proposes a race talk framework that enables researchers to explore how people treat race as an ongoing …
Miscommunication in Healthcare
Solving a Wicked Problem
Inbunden, 2026
1146 kr
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This book investigates the miscommunication that occurs within diverse healthcare settings. It includes doctor-patient consultations, multi-disciplinary teams, and intercultural encounters; it also examines adverse patient events. It explores real life situations where communication failed either …
New Directions For, and Panaceas Arising From, Communication Accommodation Theory
Av Howard Giles, David M. Markowitz m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
461 kr
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Communication accommodation theory (CAT) explains and predicts when, how, and why different people engage in conversational adjustments with others (or not), as well as recipients’ responses to them. CAT has been studied with many methods across numerous languages, cultures, groups, disciplines, …
Miscommunication in Healthcare
Solving a Wicked Problem
Häftad, 2026
426 kr
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This book investigates the miscommunication that occurs within diverse healthcare settings. It includes doctor-patient consultations, multi-disciplinary teams, and intercultural encounters; it also examines adverse patient events. It explores real life situations where communication failed either …
Anti and Pro-Social Communication
Theories, Methods, and Applications
Av Terry A. Kinney, Maili Pörhölä
Inbunden, 2009
600 kr
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This is an interdisciplinary resource guide for scholars, researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates who study aspects of communication and relationships. It brings together essays by an array of scholars currently working in the areas of anti and pro-social communication to …
Communication of Hate
Av Michael Waltman, John Haas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
794 kr
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The book was awarded the 2011 NCA Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression.This book sets out to explore how hate comes alive in language and actions by examining the nature and persuasive functions of hate in American society. Hate speech may be used for many …
Feedback
The Communication of Praise, Criticism, and Advice
Av Robbie M. Sutton, Matthew J. Hornsey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1131 kr
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This is the first book devoted to the multidisciplinary study of feedback. It presents a comprehensive, evidence-based review of the make-or-break factors that determine the efficacy of criticism, praise, and advice. Its sections deal with fundamental processes of feedback; the problems associated …
Communication of Jealousy
Av Jennifer L. Bevan, Howard Giles
Häftad, 2013
346 kr
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This book won the 2014 National Communication Association’s Diamond Anniversary Book AwardThis book received the 2014 Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Book Award from the «Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association» and the «National Communication Association – …
Social Meanings of Language, Dialect and Accent
International Perspectives on Speech Styles
Av Howard Giles, Bernadette M. Watson
Inbunden, 2012
1176 kr
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This volume represents a unique contribution to the area of language attitudes research with its focus on how languages, dialects and accents induce us to form social judgments about people who use these forms.The essays attend to evaluations of speech styles across nations. No previous work has …
Gender at Work
A Social Psychological Perspective
Av Melanie C. Steffens, Ma. Àngels Viladot m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1328 kr
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While many women receive equal education, such equality is nowhere in sight when it comes to women’s and men’s career success: men still earn significantly more than women and are more likely to be promoted. In this book, the authors offer a state of the art review of applied social-psychological …
