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The Five Vital Signs of Conversation: Address, Self-Disclosure, Seating, Eye-Contact, and Touch

The Five Vital Signs of Conversation: Address, Self-Disclosure, Seating, Eye-Contact, and Touch

Markel, Norman
Rauch, Irmengard

Hardcover

Series: Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics, Book 75

Literary CriticismGeneral ReferenceGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1433107368
ISBN13: 9781433107368
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: Jul 28 2009
Pages: 109
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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, this book provides relevant scientific information in a popular style that makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers concerned with interpersonal communication.

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