Communication

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7 POWERS OF QUESTIONS: SECRETS TO SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION IN LIFE AND AT WORK

• AUTHOR: LEEDS, DOROTHY
• PUBLISHER: BERKLEY PUB GROUP
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $14.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0399526145
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  ARTICULATION AND INTELLIGIBILITY
  
• AUTHOR: ALLEN, JONT B.
• PUBLISHER: MORGAN & CLAYPOOL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $35.00 Paper
  
• ISBN: 1598290088
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  BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS: CONVERSATIONAL ORDER IN EVERYDAY TALK AND CLINICAL SETTINGS
  
• AUTHOR: MAYNARD, DOUGLAS W.
• PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $75.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0226511944
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  BILINGUAL COUPLES TALK: THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF HYBRIDITY
  
• AUTHOR: PILLER, INGRID, 1967-
• PUBLISHER: JOHN BENJAMINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $138.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 158811287X
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  CHILDREN'S INQUIRY: USING LANGUAGE TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD
  
• AUTHOR: LINDFORS, JUDITH WELLS
• PUBLISHER: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $22.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0807738360
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  CONVERSATION: A HISTORY OF A DECLINING ART
  
• AUTHOR: MILLER, STEPHEN
• PUBLISHER: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $27.50 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0300110308
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  DESTRUCTIVE MESSAGES: HOW HATE SPEECH PAVES THE WAY FOR HARMFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
  
• AUTHOR: TSESIS, ALEXANDER
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $55.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0814782728
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  DIALECTICAL APPROACHES TO STUDYING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
  
• PUBLISHER: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $45.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0805821120
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  DIALOGIC MOMENTS: FROM SOUL TALKS TO TALK RADIO IN ISRAELI CULTURE
  
• AUTHOR: KATRIEL, TAMAR
• PUBLISHER: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $49.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0814327745
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  DIALOGUE ANALYSIS IX: DIALOGUE IN LITERATURE AND THE MEDIA; PT. 2: MEDIA
  
• PUBLISHER: MAX NIEMEYER VERLAG
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $165.83 Paper
  
• ISBN: 3484750316
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  DIALOGUE: THEORIZING DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
  
• PUBLISHER: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $87.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0761926704
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  EMOTION IN DIALOGIC INTERACTION: ADVANCES IN THE COMPLEX
  
• AUTHOR: EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION EXPLORARTORY WORKSHOP ON EMOTION IN DIALOGIC INTERACTION
• PUBLISHER: JOHN BENJAMINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $126.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 158811497X
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  EVERYDAY TALK: BUILDING AND REFLECTING IDENTITIES
  
• AUTHOR: TRACY, KAREN
• PUBLISHER: GUILFORD
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $27.00 Paper
  
• ISBN: 1572307897
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  EXCITABLE SPEECH
  
• AUTHOR: BUTLER, JUDITH
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1996
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $24.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0415915880
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  FOR MORE THAN ONE VOICE: TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF VOCAL EXPRESSION; TRANS. BY PAUL A. KOTTMAN
  
• AUTHOR: CAVARERO, ADRIANA
• PUBLISHER: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $25.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0804749558
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  GROUP COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT: STUDIES OF BONA FIDE GROUPS
  
• PUBLISHER: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $49.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0805831509
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  GUIDE TO INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
  
• AUTHOR: BANEY, JOANN
• PUBLISHER: PRENTICE HALL PTR
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: PROF
• $23.60 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0130352179
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  HOW TO ANALYSE TALK IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS: A CASEBOOK OF METHODS
  
• PUBLISHER: CONTINUUM
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $29.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 082645464X
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  HOW TO USE POWER PHRASES TO SAY WHAT YOU MEAN, MEAN WHAT YOU SAY, AND GET WHAT YOU WANT
  
• AUTHOR: RUNION, MERYL
• PUBLISHER: MCGRAW-HILL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: PROF
• $12.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0071424857
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  HUMAN CONFLICT: DISAGREEMENT, MISUNDERSTANDING, AND PROBLEMATIC TALK
  
• AUTHOR: MORTENSEN, C. DAVID
• PUBLISHER: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $79.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0742527298
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  ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS AND SENTENCE MEANING
  
• AUTHOR: ALSTON, WILLIAM P.
• PUBLISHER: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $55.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0801436699
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  IMPROVISED DIALOGUES: EMERGENCE AND CREATIVITY IN CONVERSATION
  
• AUTHOR: SAWYER, R. KEITH (ROBERT KEITH)
• PUBLISHER: ABLEX
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $96.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1567506771
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  INTERACTIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: A CONVERSATION ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE
  
• AUTHOR: SEEDHOUSE, PAUL
• PUBLISHER: BLACKWELL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $40.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 1405120096
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  LANGUAGE OF CONVERSATION
  
• AUTHOR: PRIDHAM, FRANCESCA, 1959-
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $17.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0415229642
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  LAUGHTER IN INTERACTION
  
• AUTHOR: GLENN, PHILLIP J.
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $75.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0521772060
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  LINGUISTICS OF LAUGHTER: A CORPUS-ASSISTED STUDY OF LAUGHTER-TALK
  
• AUTHOR: PARTINGTON, ALAN
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $115.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0415381665
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  ON DIALOGUE
  
• AUTHOR: BOHM, DAVID
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $17.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 0415336414
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  OPPOSING HATE SPEECH
  
• AUTHOR: CORTESE, ANTHONY JOSEPH PAUL
• PUBLISHER: PRAEGER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $39.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0275984273
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  ORAL COMMUNICATION: SKILLS, CHOICES, AND CONSEQUENCES
  
• AUTHOR: YOUNG, KATHRYN SUE
• PUBLISHER: WAVELAND PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $17.95 Paper
  
• ISBN: 1577663292
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  ORALITY: THE POWER OF THE SPOKEN WORD
  
• AUTHOR: FURNISS, GRAHAM
• PUBLISHER: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $75.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1403934045
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  ORGANIZING PROPERTY OF COMMUNICATION
  
• AUTHOR: COOREN, FRANCOIS
• PUBLISHER: JOHN BENJAMINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $72.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1556199430
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  POWER AND POLITENESS IN ACTION: DISAGREEMENTS IN ORAL COMMUNICATION
  
• AUTHOR: LOCHER, MIRIAM A., 1972-
• PUBLISHER: MOUTON DE GRUYTER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $94.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 3110180065
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  RELATING: DIALOGUES AND DIALECTICS
  
• AUTHOR: BAXTER, LESLIE A.
• PUBLISHER: GUILFORD
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1996
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $50.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 157230099X
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  SCANDAL OF THE SPEAKING BODY: DON JUAN WITH J.L. AUSTIN, OR SEDUCTION IN TWO LANGUAGES.; TRANS. BY CATHERINE PORTER
  
• AUTHOR: FELMAN, SHOSHANA
• PUBLISHER: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $45.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0804744521
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  SPEAKING BACK: THE FREE SPEECH VERSUS HATE SPEECH DEBATE
  
• AUTHOR: GELBER, KATHARINE
• PUBLISHER: JOHN BENJAMINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $119.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1588111881
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  TALK AND SOCIAL THEORY: ECOLOGIES OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING IN EVERYDAY LIFE
  
• AUTHOR: ERICKSON, FREDERICK
• PUBLISHER: POLITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $62.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0745624707
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  TALKING AT CROSS-PURPOSES: THE DYNAMICS OF MISCOMMUNICATION
  
• AUTHOR: TZANNE, ANGELIKI
• PUBLISHER: JOHN BENJAMINS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $132.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1556199406
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