Handbook of Interpersonal Communication:

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2008

Handbook of Interpersonal Communication

Edited by: Gerd Antos and Eija Ventola
Together with: Tilo Weber

Volume 2 in the series Handbooks of Applied Linguistics [HAL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211399

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About this book

Interpersonal communication (IC) is a continuous game between the interacting interactants. It is a give and take - a continuous, dynamic flow that is linguistically realized as discourse as an on-going sequence of interactants' moves. Interpersonal communication is produced and interpreted by acting linguistically, and this makes it a fascinating research area. The handbook, Interpersonal Communication , examines how interactants manage to exchange facts, ideas, views, opinions, beliefs, emotion, etc. by using the linguistic systems and the resources they offer. In interpersonal communication, the fine-tuning of individuals' use of the linguistic resources is continuously probed. The language used in interpersonal communication enhances social relations between interactants and keeps the interaction on the normal track. When interaction gets off the track, linguistic miscommunication may also destroy social relationships. This volume is essentially concerned with this fine-tuning in discourse, and how it is achieved among various interactant groups.

The volume departs from the following fundamental questions:

How do interpersonal relations manifest themselves in language?
What is the role of language in developing and maintaining relationships in interpersonal communication?
What types of problems occur in interpersonal communication and what kind of strategies and means are used to solve them?
How does linguistically realized interpersonal communication interact with other semiotic modes?

Interpersonal communication is seen and researched from the perspective of what is being said or written, and how it is realized in various generic forms. The current research also gives attention to other semiotic modes which interact with the linguistic modes. It is not just the social roles of interactants in groups, the possible media available, the non-verbal behaviors, the varying contextual frames for communication, but primarily the actual linguistic manifestations that we need to focus upon when we want to have a full picture of what is going on in human interpersonal communication.

It is this linguistic perspective that the volume aims to present to all researchers interested in IC. The volume offers an overview of the theories, methods, tools, and resources of linguistically-oriented approaches, e.g. from the fields of linguistics, social psychology, sociology, and semiotics, for the purpose of integration and further development of the interests in IC.,

Topics e.g.:

Orientation to interaction as primarily linguistically realized processes
Expertise on theorizing and analyzing cultural and situational contexts where linguistic processes are realized
Expertise on handling language corpora
Expertise on theorizing and analyzing interaction types as genres
Orientation to an integrated view of linguistic and non-linguistic participant activities and of how interactants generate meanings and interact with space
Expertise on researching the management of the linguistic flow in interaction and its successfulness.

Author information

Gerd Antos, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Eija Ventola, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Reviews

"Damit umfasst das Handbuch eine große Bandbreite von Forschungsansätzen und -themen, die von namhaften Lingustinnen und Linguisten einführend und vertiefend dargestellt werden."
Katja Reinecke in: Info DaF 37.2-3/2010

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIX
1. Introduction: Interpersonal Communication – linguistic points of view Gerd Antos, Eija Ventola and Tilo Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Theories, methods, and tools of Interpersonal Communication research
2. Social Psychology and personal relationships: Accommodation and relational influence across time and contexts Margaret J. Pitts and Howard Giles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Dennis Day and Johannes Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. Interactional Sociolinguistics Susanne Günthner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5. Interactional Linguistics Dagmar Barth-Weingarten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6. Systemic Functional Linguistics: An interpersonal perspective Geoff Thompson and Peter Muntigl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7. Functional Pragmatics Angelika Redder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8. Data and transcription Arnulf Deppermann and Wilfried Schütte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
II. Linguistic and multisemiotic resources and their interplay in managing Interpersonal Communication
9. Linguistic resources for the management of interaction Margret Selting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
10. Dynamics of discourse Barbara A. Fox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
11. Face-to-face communication and body language Paul J. Thibault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
12. Technically-mediated interpersonal communication Caja Thimm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
13. Feeling space: Interpersonal communication and spatial semiotics Louise J. Ravelli and Maree Stenglin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
III. Interpersonal Communication on-track and off-track
14. Everyday communication and socializing Tilo Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
15. Counseling, diagnostics, and therapy Peter Muntigl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431
16. Youth, discourse, and interpersonal management Jannis Androutsopoulos and Alexandra Georgakopoulou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
17. Language and discourse skills of elderly people Anna-Maija Korpijaakko-Huuhka and Anu Klippi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481
IV. Working on conversational strategies
18. Relational work, politeness, and identity construction Miriam A. Locher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	509
19. Humor, jokes, and irony versus mocking, gossip, and black humor Alexander Brock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	541
20. Praising and blaming, applauding, and disparaging – solidarity, audience positioning, and the linguistics of evaluative disposition Peter R. R. White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	567
21. Silence and taboo Sabine Krajewski and Hartmut Schröder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	595
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	623

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars, Scientists, Students and Academic Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 638
Keywords: Applied linguistics; interpersonal communication; communication and social interaction

eBook

Published: December 10, 2008
ISBN: 9783110211399

Hardcover

Published: October 20, 2008
ISBN: 9783110188301

Paperback

Published: June 28, 2010
ISBN: 9783110226041