Language in social worlds

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is the first text on language in communication written from a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Contextual Framework for Social Psychology of Language in Communication: Aims and Issues
• 2 Language in and out of Context: Structure and Substance
• 3 Functions of Language
• 4 Non-Verbal Communication in Non-Human Creatures
• 5 Human Non-Verbal Communication
• 6 Encounter Regulation and Conversation
• 7 Regulation of States and Behaviour of Self and Others
• 8 Regulation and Marking of Social Relationships: Shaking Hands
• 9 Terms of Address and Reference, and Being Polite
• 10 Marking of States, Identities, and Settings: Issues
• 11 Marking of States, Identities, and Settings: Data and Their Interpretation
• 12 The Representational Function (F7)
• 13 Mass-Mediated Communication: Spirals of Spin and Broken Swords of Truth
• 14 Representation and Regulation: Their Relevance to Social Class
• 15 Five Theories and a Representation-As-Default Thesis
• 16 Retrospect and Prospect