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Explaining conversations : a developmental social-exchange theory / R. Murray Thomas and Marie K. Iding.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921-2016.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conversation.
- Communication and culture.
- Socialization.
- Child development.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Jason Aronson, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explaining Conversations offers a different way of interpreting people's social exchanges than has been available in the past. The book is replete with examples of people's verbal interactions in the form of chats, arguments, debates, and negotiations, both within a culture and across cultures. The volume's subtitle, A Developmental Social-Exchange Theory, identifies a theme featured in Chapters 2 and 5-the typical pattern by which social-exchan
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction
- pt. 2. The theory components
- pt. 3. Enhancing social-exchange skill
- pt. 4. Afterthoughts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-23776-1
- 1-280-67990-5
- 9786613656834
- 0-7657-0877-9
- OCLC:
- 854519907
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