1st Edition

The Social and Psychological Contexts of Language

Edited By R. N. St. Clalr, H. Giles Copyright 1982
    350 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    Published in the year 1982, The Social and Psychological Contexts of Language is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Psychology.

    Introduction; 1: The Contexts of Language; 2: The Social Significance of Speech in the Job Interview; 3: The Influence of Patients' Speech upon Doctors: The Diagnostic Interview; 4: Interpersonal Attraction and Verbal Behavior in the Initial Interview; 5: The Unconscious Element in Intercultural Communication; 6: Graduates of Early Immersion: Retrospective Views of Grade 11 Students and Their Parents; 7: Lexical Variations in Intensity, Immediacy, and Diversity: An Axiomatic Theory and Causal Model; 8: The Functions of Nonverbal Signs in Conversation; 9: Person-Centered Speech, Psychological Development, and the Contexts of Language Usage; 10: Sociolinguistics: A Social Psychological Perspective

    Biography

    R. N. St. Clalr, H. Giles