Communication: Strategic Action in Context

by Beth Bonniwell Haslett

Overview

First Published in 1987. This book provides an outline for a descriptive basis for the study of human communication by advocating a pragmatic approach to communication, based on the study of language use in context. It covers work on verbal communication in many disciplines, and represents a variety of underlying assumptions and methods of analysis. This book blends both European and North American scholarship for a broadly focused analysis in a form suitable for beginners and those looking to expand their established understanding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135878573
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/16/2013
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	639 KB

About the Author

Beth Haslet University of Delaware

Table of Contents

Part I Conceptual Approaches to Pragmatics; Chapter 1 Conceptual Foundations of the Pragmatic Perspective; Chapter 2 Structural Approaches to Pragmatics; Chapter 3 Structural Pragmatics; Chapter 4 Functional Approaches to Communication; Chapter 5 Contextual Approaches to Communication; Part II An Integrated Perspective on Human Communication; Chapter 6 An Integrated Perspective on Human Communication; Part III Communication in Context; Chapter 7 Communicative Development; Chapter 8 Pragmatic Approaches to Interpersonal Communication; Chapter 9 Educational Communication;

Editorial Reviews

"...an important resource for students of pragmatics, offering an overview of research which may fall outside an individual researcher's chosen methodology but is, in fact, shown to be quite relevant...produces useful criticisms of each methodology examined, identifies important considerations for future research, and advances the debate over what pragmatics is and what it should be."
—American Scientist

"Overall, Haslett's book makes several valuable contributions to the discourse analytical literature. Particularly noteworthy are her excellent integration of numerous publications, her emphasis on the primacy of text, and her valuable methodological recommendations."
—Quarterly Journal of Speech

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