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The five vital signs of conversation : address, self-disclosure, seating, eye-contact, and touch / Norman Markel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics ; v. 75.Publisher: New York : Peter Lang, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: x, 109 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1433107368
  • 9781433107368
Other title:
  • 5 vital signs of conversation
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.346 22
LOC classification:
  • BF637.C45 M328 2009
Summary: "How we address people, where we sit, what we disclose about ourselves, how we make eye contact, and where and when we touch are signs of attitudes and emotions. Because we may not be conscious of the social or psychological significance of these signs, they are the stealth aspect of conversation. One goal of this book is to demonstrate that address, self-disclosure, seating, eye-contact, and touch are the five vital signs of conversation. Another is to increase the reader's awareness of the fact that whatever the topic of a conversation, interlocutors are also expressing their attitudes and emotions by means of these five vital signs. A final goal is to show the reader that the use of these signs varies with ethnicity, gender, and relationship. To accomplish these goals, the book provides relevant scientific information in a popular style that makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers concerned with interpersonal communication."--Cover, p. [4].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"How we address people, where we sit, what we disclose about ourselves, how we make eye contact, and where and when we touch are signs of attitudes and emotions. Because we may not be conscious of the social or psychological significance of these signs, they are the stealth aspect of conversation. One goal of this book is to demonstrate that address, self-disclosure, seating, eye-contact, and touch are the five vital signs of conversation. Another is to increase the reader's awareness of the fact that whatever the topic of a conversation, interlocutors are also expressing their attitudes and emotions by means of these five vital signs. A final goal is to show the reader that the use of these signs varies with ethnicity, gender, and relationship. To accomplish these goals, the book provides relevant scientific information in a popular style that makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers concerned with interpersonal communication."--Cover, p. [4].

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