Contributions

  • Bavelas, Janet Beavin, 1940- - Contributor
  • Jackson, Don D. - Contributor

Publication

1967 - W.W.Norton, New York, United States

Language

English

Word Count

73,500 words, Guess

Page Count

294 pages

Identifiers

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  • WikidataQ56740457
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Classifications

  • LCCBF637.C45 W3

Description

Called one of the best books ever about human communication, and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches to psychotherapy. The authors present the simple but radical idea that problems in life often arise from issues of communication, rather than from deep psychological disorders, reinforcing their conceptual explorations with case studies and well-known literary examples. Written with humor and for a variety of readers, this book identifies simple properties and axioms of human communication and demonstrates how all communications are actually a function of their contexts.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Pragmatics of human communicationW.W.Norton1967

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