From historical perspectives to present theory, to teaching and performing listening in the classroom, in health care, and in corporate settings, this book provides a much-needed introduction to the core issues of listening.
In this original and provocative account of the evolutionary origins of human communication, Michael Tomasello connects the fundamentally cooperative structure of human communication (initially discovered by Paul Grice) to the especially ...
Human Communication
Perspectives on Human Communication
This book addresses questions that have concerned rhetoricians, literary theorists, and philosophers since the time of the pre-Socratics and the Sophists: How do people come to believe and to act on the basis of communicative experiences?
Perspectives on Human Communication
Improve Critical Thinking– Critical thinking principles are integrated into the text and in the marginal questions, self-tests, and boxes. Engage Students–Real-world examples appear throughout the text.
In this original and provocative account of the evolutionary origins of human communication, Michael Tomasello connects the fundamentally cooperative structure of human communication (initially discovered by Paul Grice) to the especially ...
Traditionally , within the U.S. context , it has been argued that " covert , or hidden , conflict also is destructive in that it leaves issues unresolved and may result in psychological and / or physical estrangement ” ( Comstock ...
Topics covered in this wide-ranging book include: the origins of communication; the idea that all behavior is communication; meta-communication; the properties of an open system; the family as a system of communication; the nature of ...