pt. 1. Theoretical perspectives. Social psychology and personal relationships: accommodation and relational influence across time and contexts / Margaret J. Pitts and Howard Giles
Face-to-face communicaiton and body language / Paul J. Thibault
Technically-medicated interpersonal communication / Caja Thimm
Feeling space: interpersonal communication and spatial semiotics / Louise J. Ravelli and Maree Stenglin
Relational work, politeness, and identity construction / Miriam A. Locher
Humor, jokes, and irony versus mocking, gossip, and black humor / Alexander Brock
Praising and blaming, applauding, and disparaging
solidarity, audience positioning, and the linguistics of evaluative disposition / Peter R.R. White
pt. 2. Applied interpersonal communication. Everyday communication and socializing / Tilo Weber
Counseling, diagnostics, and therapy / Peter Muntigl
Youth, discourse, and interpersonal management / Jannis Androutsopoulos and Alexandra Georgakopoulou
Language and discourse skills of elderly people / Anna-Maija Korpijaakko-Huuhka and Anu Klippi
Nonverbal communicative competence / Nancy M. puccinelli
Media competence / Daniel Perrin and Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow.