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.
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