'Miscommunication' and Problematic Talk
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 1991
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-8039-4032-1 (ISBN)
Description
Language use and communication are pervasively and even intrinsically flawed, partial and problematic - this is the contention of this volume, which explores failures in interpersonal communication.
Rather than approaching communication in terms of competence, effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction, the contributors reassess key social contexts in terms of miscommunication rather than communication, failure rather than success. They provide an integrative overview of research in defined social contexts, highlighting particular social groups, social situations and communicative modes. The elderly, children, non-native speakers, medical personnel and the disabled are among those discussed.
Rather than approaching communication in terms of competence, effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction, the contributors reassess key social contexts in terms of miscommunication rather than communication, failure rather than success. They provide an integrative overview of research in defined social contexts, highlighting particular social groups, social situations and communicative modes. The elderly, children, non-native speakers, medical personnel and the disabled are among those discussed.
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Content
Talk as `Problem' and Communication as `Miscommunication' - Nikolas Coupland, John M Wiemann and Howard Giles
An Integrative Analysis
Gender, Power, and Miscommunication - Nancy M Henley and Cheris Kramarae
Misunderstanding Children - Elinor Ochs
Uncovering the Human Spirit - Lerita M Coleman and Bella M DePaulo
Moving Beyond Disability and `Missed' Communication
Reproduction of Aging and Agism in Intergenerational Talk - Justine Coupland, Jon F Nussbaum and Nikolas Coupland
Intercultural Encounters and Miscommunication - Stephen P Banks, Gao Ge and Joyce Baker
Miscommunication in Nonnative Speaker Discourse - Susan M Gass and Evangeline M Varonis
Openness, Uncertainty, and Intimacy - Julie R Brown and L Edna Rogers
An Epistemological Reformulation
Miscommunication in Medicine - Candace West and Richard M Frankel
Miscommunication in Clinical Contexts - Michael F McTear and Florence King
The Speech Therapy Interview
Social Interaction and the Recycling of Legal Evidence - Karin Aronsson
Miscommunication in Organizations - Eric M Eisenberg and Steven R Phillips
Hot Air - Allan Bell
Media, Miscommunication, and the Climate Change Issue
Miscommunication at the Person-Machine Interface - Ronan G Reilly
Misunderstanding and Its Remedies - Kent Drummond and Robert Hopper
Telephone Miscommunication
An Integrative Analysis
Gender, Power, and Miscommunication - Nancy M Henley and Cheris Kramarae
Misunderstanding Children - Elinor Ochs
Uncovering the Human Spirit - Lerita M Coleman and Bella M DePaulo
Moving Beyond Disability and `Missed' Communication
Reproduction of Aging and Agism in Intergenerational Talk - Justine Coupland, Jon F Nussbaum and Nikolas Coupland
Intercultural Encounters and Miscommunication - Stephen P Banks, Gao Ge and Joyce Baker
Miscommunication in Nonnative Speaker Discourse - Susan M Gass and Evangeline M Varonis
Openness, Uncertainty, and Intimacy - Julie R Brown and L Edna Rogers
An Epistemological Reformulation
Miscommunication in Medicine - Candace West and Richard M Frankel
Miscommunication in Clinical Contexts - Michael F McTear and Florence King
The Speech Therapy Interview
Social Interaction and the Recycling of Legal Evidence - Karin Aronsson
Miscommunication in Organizations - Eric M Eisenberg and Steven R Phillips
Hot Air - Allan Bell
Media, Miscommunication, and the Climate Change Issue
Miscommunication at the Person-Machine Interface - Ronan G Reilly
Misunderstanding and Its Remedies - Kent Drummond and Robert Hopper
Telephone Miscommunication