Language and Conflict: Selected Issues

by Karol Janicki

What role does language and communication play in conflict? Why do people engage in or get drawn into quarrels? How can our awareness of the social rules of language use prevent disputes? In this illuminating and accessible guide, Karol Janicki takes the reader on a tour through the field of conflict in language. Using real-life examples, the book examines how language usage influences conflict, and what people can do to avoid or resolve it. Language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B078Z1JX7M
• ISBN13: 9781137381408
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.2"