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Conversational Realities: Constructing Life through Language

Conversational Realities: Constructing Life through Language

Shotter, John

Paperback

Series: Inquiries in Social Construction

General Psychology

ISBN10: 0803989334
ISBN13: 9780803989337
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
Published: Jan 20 1994
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.16 Depth: 8.42
Language: English
This book is fascinating and--eventually--might prove very valuable for those concerned with SLA. --Studies in Second Language Acquisition Imaginative and original, Conversational Realities claims that psychological and sociological realities are both socially constructed and sustained within the context of our everyday conversation. In this interdisciplinary analysis, John Shotter highlights the socially contested--but imaginary--nature of the things we talk about in our social lives and throws light on the construction processes of these things. Using interesting examples from psychotherapy, management, and everyday life, the author offers a broad-ranging exploration of the rhetorical, argumentative nature of conversational communication. Conversational Realities should be read by academics and students of psychology, communication studies, linguistics, and sociology.

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